Highway 6 Northern Extension – Sections 8 and 9

Shapir Group has won the tender for the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the northern extension of Highway 6, from Somekh Interchange to Beit HaEmek.
The project comprises approximately 22 km of highway and three new interchanges, and is expected to improve access to the Western Galilee and shorten travel times.

The extension will create an additional high-speed transport corridor between the Krayot area and the Western Galilee. It is designed to ease congestion on Highways 4, 70 and 22, improve connections between northern communities and central Israel, and support regional economic development. The works will include a dual carriageway with three lanes in each direction and three new interchanges: Avelayim, Makr and Beit HaEmek. The project also includes agricultural access roads and new crossings, alongside the reservation of a corridor for a future railway line.

The project will be delivered under a public-private partnership (PPP), with Shapir responsible for its design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance.

Planned start of construction: 2027
Planned opening to traffic: 2030