Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of Samara Region and president Sergey Bamburov BUT Association “Versivo” Alex Dolmatov signed an agreement of intent to implement an investment project – the construction of the cable car across the Volga River between Samara and the village of Rozhdestveno.
“This agreement will be implemented in full and this unique project come to life. Cableway will be a highlight of Samara and the Volga region”, – said Sergey Bamburov.
Given the increased complexity of the project, it will be engaged in the construction company “Scud” the Austrian company Doppelmayr and (The Doppelmayr Group), with experience in building similar facilities. Now these companies have completed the construction of downhill skiing at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi.
At the moment, the project assumes that the road will include 19 cabins, designed for 15 seats each. Road capacity is 750 people per hour. The maximum on the road can be up to 30 cabins.
Construction of ropeway also involves the development of adjacent areas and related infrastructure: the construction of the railway station, which will include the station boarding and alighting, offices, shops, restaurant, parking.
All these projects have caused a lot of fear among environmentalists of Samara, as the village of Rozhdestveno is a national park Samarskaya Luka, and this construction is extremely negative impact on flora and fauna of a unique nature reserve.
While the fall in Rozhdestveno only by water. If access to the park will be readily available, it is possible that the reservation will be quickly zamusorivatsya vacationers.
Such as occurred with the right bank of Samara, where, after the construction of a large number of camp sites, and the emergence of a permanent river transport environmental situation has deteriorated significantly.
