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- The Sea to Sky Gondola in Canada is re-opening ahead of schedule. The gondola will open February 14, over a month earlier than projected. The new 4.4 km haul rope and 30 cabins are in the air and ready for final inspections. The investigation of the incident, covered by The Gondola Project previously, is still ongoing.
- The Skyride Gondola at Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex in New York State is open. The $2.9 million system was built and installed by Doppelmayr, with installation taking less than a year. The enclosed gondolas can each carry up to eight people.
- The Bhaleydhunga passenger ropeway in India is expected to be open by October 2020. The project started in November 2014 and was originally anticipated to be completed in 36 months. The three-year delay was due to forest clearance, harsh weather conditions, and a limited power source. The ropeway will have three stations and will take 12 to 16 minutes to travel the 2,000 meters in elevation between the lower and upper stations.
- The Likoni Cable Express project in Kenya has been canceled by local senators. The construction of the project was approved in August 2018 with construction set to begin in 2019. However, land disputes between transportation agencies delayed construction and during that time government officials reconsidered the project and pulled back from the public-private partnership.
- DIGI telecommunications launch’s first real-time virtual cable car experience! DIGI partnered with Malaysia Airports and Panorama Langkawi to implement this tourism experience in the Malaysia Airport. The objective of the virtual ride is to promote ridership of cable cars to visitors and boost tourism. The virtual experience is the world’s steepest cable car ride, the Langkawi SkyCab.