The Jerusalem Municipal Planning and Construction Committee has given its approval to plans to build the first new gate in the Old City for over 100 years.The plan calls for the construction of a tunnel that will run underneath the wall between the Dung Gate and the Zion Gate.The tunnel will incorporate an underground auditorium, visitors' centre and classrooms, as well as an archeological exhibition centre. This will improve access to the Western Wall (which the Municipality of Jerusalem predicts will experience twice its current tourist figures in the next 10 years) and will also spur renovation of the Jewish Quarter.
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