Tbilisi: New cable car at Turtle Lake to open in September
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In a few weeks time a new cable car will open, making it easier for locals and guest to access Turtle Lake in Tbilisi.
A new cable car will take guests up to Turtle Lake, located on the top of a hill that overlooks Vake district.
The ride to the top will take six minutes.
Tbilisi City Hall allocated just over one million GEL to local firm Bagirmsheni, which was responsible for rebuilding an old cable car that once existed but needed to be completely renewed.
The old cableway will be completely rehabilitated and be reopened in September. Photo by Tbilisi City Hall.
Tbilisi City Hall said part of the works involved "completely rehabilitating” two old gondolas. These gondolas were now able to carry about 20 people, including people in wheelchairs and with other disabilities.
Officials believed the new cableway would be able to transport about 2,000 people per day.
About 1,100,000 GEL (about $468,691/€419,861*) was allocated from the Tbilisi City Hall budget to renovate the old cable car system.
*Currencies are equivalent with the latest National Bank of Georgia exchange rate.
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