Will the Red-dead ever get the go-ahead?

The concept of a canal means that it will connect two points of interest to achieve some goals. The benefit has to outweigh the harm (and the cost of course). In the case of this canal, the benefits hardly cover the cost of such a mega project!

Take the environmental impact of such a project. Hundreds of thousands of cubic tons of SALT water to snake their way across the treturous terrain, getting dangerously close to farm land, grazing meadows and historical locations. If that doesn't scare the heck out of you, imagine the cost of such a project!

Second consideration should be for the result. The dead Sea isn't really known for aviation nor is it can ever become a "hop" on water ways. So the trip is really going to be one way to the dead sea. Possibly to generate hydroelectric power (which is an advantage) But replenishing the dead sea with salty water serves absolutely no other purpose!

Actually, other than hydroelectric power generation, I see no other benefits! The canal can't realistically be used for transferring goods due to the elevation (from Sea level to -400m or more).

Saving the dead sea appears to a by product of the whole process! But a positive one I'm sure

At a staggering $37 Billion dollars, it might be cheaper to create and transfer FRESH water from Aqaba using desalination or getting it from Desi aquifer (although, the project will be host a desalination project, surprisingly away from the gulf of Aqaba!!!)

Anyway, I'm sure there are many good reasons why this project should be implemented. But I -personally- don't think the benefits outweigh the harm/cost. I hope I'm wrong.

But I most certainly would like to KNOW if this is going to happen or not! The government needs to make up its mind and either go ahead, or not! In all cases, the government should be transparent and allow everyone, especially private financing, to know what is going on!

Hopefully we'll hear some good news about this soon.