Jerusalem, 12 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety and the Ministry of Finance have approved a significant budget addition of 10 million Shekels ($3.15 million) for 2025 for the Afula Eastern Bypass project. With the approval of the additional budget, the total government participation in the project, which is being carried out through the Israel Roads Company, stands at approximately 351 million Shekels ($110 million).
The approved budget, said the Ministry, is intended to complete the planning of the project, which includes the resurfacing of the intersection – an essential engineering and safety measure that will, among other things, allow for an orderly exit from the neighborhood toward the center of the country.
The Eastern Afula Bypass is a large-scale national infrastructure project, which is an essential step towards removing transportation “bottlenecks” that limit the development of the entire area. The project is designed to create a strategic transportation artery that will allow for the controlled diversion of heavy traffic and intercity traffic flows from the residential and business center of Afula to a modern axis with a high engineering standard.