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Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation

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Founder
  
Uzi Wechsler

Legal status
  
Corporation

Type
  
GO

Formation
  
1986; 31 years ago (1986)

Purpose
  
Infrastructure development in Jerusalem

Headquarters
  
Safra Square, Jerusalem

Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation (Hebrew: מוריה - חברה לפיתוח ירושלים בע"מ‎‎) is an organization, established by the Municipality of Jerusalem in 1987. The main objective of Moriah is to develop the infrastructure in Jerusalem and perform public work for local government.

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History and management

Moriah founded in 1986 by Uzi Wechsler, former city treasurer of Jerusalem Development Authority. It works closely with Jerusalem Development Authority since the time of Teddy Kollek, who was mayor of Jerusalem and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Moriah promotes infrastructure development for the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety, Jerusalem Development Authority and Ministry of Transport and Road Safety, and it has affiliation with these ministries. It has around 10 companies to manage and execute the projects.

Projects

The company has completed more than 50 projects and it manages over 100 projects. Their notable projects and infrastructure contributions are as follows:

  • Jerusalem Light Rail
  • Bridge of Strings
  • Jerusalem Arena
  • Teddy Stadium
  • Jerusalem Biblical Zoo,
  • High-speed railway to Jerusalem
  • Jerusalem Road 21
  • Highway 1
  • Highway 50
  • Jerusalem Road 16
  • Jerusalem Road 20
  • Exploiting Solar Energy - Installing solar energy on school rooftops and public buildings in order to have utilize clean & renewable energy. So far, 90 installations have been completed through several phrases. The project will be expanded in future, especially in 2014.

    • References

    Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation Wikipedia
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