New aerial gondola to be built in Tbilisi

Tbilisi residents and visitors will soon be able to soar above the capital city from a brand-new aerial gondola.

A new cable car system is expected to be built in the Georgian capital by May this year.

The announcement was made by Deputy Tbilisi Mayor Papuna Petriashvili while presenting the city’s 2014 budget project today, January 29.

Petriashvili said three million GEL would be allocated to the project.

The new ropeway will connect the Rose Revolution Square with Mtatsminda Park, a family amusement facility located at the top of Mount Mtatsminda which overlooks Tbilisi.

An old ropeway connecting Samgori with Vazisubani will also be restored, Petriashvili said.

There were six ropeways in Tbilisi during the Soviet times. Most of them stopped operating in the 1990s.