These form part of the Section 106 agreements but the coalition government has said these can be relaxed in order to facilitate the constructionof new homes.
The charges, which the mayor denies, stem from the city government's failure in 2001 to obey a court order to halt constructionof an access road to a private hospital.
U.S. officials have also pressed Israelis and Palestinians to immediately negotiate the borders of a future Palestinian state in order to minimize the importance of Israeli construction activities.