According to the official webpage of the State Procurement Agency, tender failed on Rustaveli - Mtatsminda Ropeway. None of the companies got interested in the project.
Tbilisi Transport Company announced a simplified procurement on October 5 and the value was 6,401,770 GEL. The project provides construction of a ropeway from Rustaveli Avenue to Mtatsminda Park.
Implementation of ropeway project connecting Rustaveli and Mtatsminda was initially determined by the agreement signed in June 2012, but since then its technical parameters had changed several times. Location of the Ropeway stop was originally near the Radisson Hotel. However, the decision was changed and the building of Academy of Sciences had been determined as Ropeway stop instead of the Radisson.
Over the years, the restoration of the Rustaveli-Mtatsminda ropeway has become a cause of litigation. Namely, the administration of Mtatsminda Park complained to the Tbilisi City Hall about the non-fulfillment of the obligation.
According to the agreement signed 8 years ago, Tbilisi City Hall was to hand over the ropeway to Mtatsminda Park in 2014, for which the park administration also provided financial resources. But in vain. The purchased materials and devices are still stored in the warehouses of the contractor company Doppelmayr in Switzerland and Austria.
