Whitefield Hebrew Congregation has submitted a planning application to Bury Council for the first Manchester eruv.
The proposed eruv - a religious boundary permitting, for example, the pushing of prams or wheelchairs on Shabbat - would cover under a square mile north of the city where several thousand Jews live. It would require the construction of just three eruv poles.
Whitefield Synagogue's Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag says the "ingenious" design by an eruv expert in Antwerp means it could be up and running within nine months at a lower cost than those in the London area.
However, project manager Simon Marks pointed out that "we have to do work on various fences and walls".