Rostov Residents Question Need for Cable Car Over Don River

In Rostov-on-Don, the construction of a cable car, the idea of which arose over ten years ago, continues to be delayed. Many local residents are opposed to this project, pointing to more pressing problems with the city«s infrastructure.

• «What the hell kind of cable car? Learn to run buses properly on the roads first.»
• «Right after the tram.»
• «This kind of information makes me sick! Rostov was promised a metro, a northern tunnel, high-speed trams, sports clusters, and the FC Rostov base on Levberdon, a new hippodrome, a new port, the unification of Rostov, Bataysk, Aksay, RTC in a different configuration by 2023, and a bunch of other things. The cable car is one of those promises.»
• «What cable car? I»ve never ridden the expensive elevator on the bridge. Whenever I«m there, it»s closed! And they told us how they bought it for crazy money for the convenience of citizens.«
• »And the fare will cost like in Krasnaya Polyana.«
• »And who needs it anyway?«
• »And why a cable car? Showing off at the expense of the city budget? There have been no tourists in Rostov since 2018, the project won«t pay off, so they promise it. Suddenly someone might have extra hundreds of millions.»
• «Better to build bridges, it will be more useful.»

Originally, the cable car was planned to be built for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but the deadlines have been repeatedly postponed. An updated project from the developer has been expected since at least 2023. As of now, investors have not approached the city administration with specific proposals for construction.