Prague districts approve ambitious cable car project

Project drawn-up under controversial ex-Prague 5 mayor Milan Jančík with price tag of up to Kč 500 mln gets planning permission

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Tom Jones | 06.02.2012

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Given the current state of public finances in Prague, the Barrandov - Nové Butovice cable car project appears to be unjustifiable expense

Plans for a two-kilometer cable car line across the Prokopské Valley linking the district of Barrandov with the Nové Butovice metro station in southwest Prague have been approved by the administrations of Prague 5 and 13. However, the head of Prague 5’s environment committee says the project would ruin a protected nature reserve and is financially unviable.

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