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Prairie Sky - the company behind a proposal to build a gondola between Old Strathcona and Downtown - is presenting a feasibility study to City Council's Urban Planning Committee on Tuesday, hoping to gain Council's support to continue pursuing the project.
The report being presented to the committee represents an economic and technical feasibility study by Prairie Sky in conjunction with DIALOG and SCJ Alliance for a privately owned and operated gondola service.
The report details a three-kilometre route from ATB Place Downtown to Old Strathcona at Whyte Avenue, making stops at North Rossdale, the Rossdale Generating Station, and End of Steel Park. The ride from end-to-end is expected to take approximately 12 minutes and have a capacity of 1,800 persons per hour per direction.
The project's aim is to better connect the city's two busiest districts for those without a car, increase Edmonton's tourism, while also helping to boost the potential of the decommissioned Rossdale Generating Station to be reimagined for new uses.
Though a relatively new idea for a North American city, gondolas have been built and continue to operate successfully as an important part of urban transportation infrastructure in cities such as La Paz Bolivia, Barcelona Spain, and Singapore; other cities such as New York and Portland Oregon are also currently researching their feasibility.
The feasibility study can be found via the Urban Planning Committee agenda, Item 6.1. The committee convenes on Tuesday, January 28 at 9:30am in the River Valley Room at City Hall.
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