Quarry rehabilitation, Migdal Tzedek National Park
Rehabilitation of a quarry in Migdal Tzedek National Park for the Quarry Rehabilitation Fund: walking trails and viewpoints, approx. 34,000 m² of stripping, approx. 8,900 m of layered stone edging along the trails, approx. 390 trees and a new water line.
- Client
- Quarry Rehabilitation Fund
- Location
- Migdal Tzedek National Park
- Years
- 2020–2022
- Status
- Completed
Services
Quantities executed
- approx.34,000 m²Site stripping
- approx.14,650 m³Cut and fill with site-won material
- approx.5,300 m³Type-A sub-base
- approx.8,900 mLayered stone edging along the trails
- approx.3,350 mMetal fence
- approx.390 treesTrees planted
The challenge
The aim: rehabilitate a quarry inside a national park and turn it into walking trails and viewpoints. We built six trails (1, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13) and a separate water line. There was little rock cutting on the project, only about 900 m³. Most of the work used site-won material: approx. 14,650 m³ of cut and fill, plus stone for the trail edges, steps and rockeries.
What we did
- Stripping up to 20 cm deep along all the trails33,988 m²
- Cut and fill with site-won material14,659 m³; rock cutting — 900 m³
- Type-A sub-base5,336 m³; selected sub-base — 2,327 m³
- Layered stone edging along the trails8,898 m; natural stone steps — 380 m; garden rockery — 1,314 m²
- Asphalt concrete for the trails, 4 cm thick2,918 m²
- Galvanised steel tube fence3,356 m
- 393 trees planted; irrigation piping7,053 m
- PE-100 water line, 50 mm diameter1,607 m
- Park furniture, drainage and maintenance
What sets it apart
Along the trails we put up approx. 3,350 m of metal fencing and planted 393 trees. The supervisor approved the final account in 2021, followed by a maintenance period that ran until August 2023.
