Not everyone is on board but could mountain cable cars be on their way to County Down?
Gondolas would take visitors up to a visitor centre in the MournesIt's a scene you'd associate with the Alps - cable cars full of tourists snaking their way up mountains.Nestled close to the south Down coast, the majestic Mourne Mountains attract their fair share of visitors.
The ambitious project would see gondolas or cable cars going along a 1km route through the mountains from Donard Park.The council said it aims to cater for 350,000 visitors annually and hopes the project would be completed in 2029.The council believes the project would bring hundreds of thousands more visitors to the Mournes
Alliance Party assembly member Patrick Brown said his party has concerns about the environmental and visual impact of the project, as well as doubts about it financially. South Down assembly member Colin McGrath disagreed and described the project as a "significant opportunity" for the area. "You think of a gondola half way up a mountain to a visitor centre with an interpretive centre, a café and other facilities - I think that would be an exciting energiser to bring people into the area."The visitor centre would include a restaurant, interpretive centre and other facilities
"I think done correctly it will have substantial economic impact. I actually think this is transformative, transformative in generating tourism for south Down.He added: "You have to remember as well there are a lot of disabled people who can't get up the mountain, this gives them access to it.
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