NTA

The institutional mandate spans long-term planning of the metropolitan mass transit network; procurement of construction contractors and rolling stock; construction coordination; operations coordination during operational phases; and cross-municipal coordination across the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

The NTA program is staged across multiple lines. The Red Line has been operational since August 2023, connecting Petah Tikva through central Tel Aviv to Bat Yam. The Purple Line and the Green Line are under construction. The Tel Aviv Metro — a three-line underground system (M1, M2, M3) approved by the Israeli Cabinet in 2022 — is in procurement and planning for construction through the 2030s and 2040s. Aggregate program capital costs run substantially above ₪150 billion across the full program scope. NTA contracts construction across major Israeli and international engineering operators, with the program operating as one of the structural anchors of Israeli infrastructure capital deployment through the 2020s and 2030s.

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