Construction has begun on Santo Domingo’s first cable car line which will have five stations and run over five kilometres, and, according to government estimates, will benefit around 287,000 residents. In an official government statement officials affirmed that the ‘Teleférico Santo Domingo’ will “to defend and dignify the lives of thousands of people living in La Barquita and its surroundings.”
Peru’s housing and construction ministry will build two aerial cable car lines to improve mobility in the working-class districts of north Lima. Both lines will require a total investment of $84 million. Bidding for the $51 million North Lima line will begin in October. The first line will connect the Independencia and San Juan de Lurigancho districts in north Lima.
