Ústí nad Labem will build a cable car to Větruše for 79 million

Ústí nad Labem - The cable car from the center of Ústí nad Labem to the excursion chateau Větruše will cost 79.1 million Czech crowns. The city's spokesperson Milan Knotek announced today in a press release that 61.5 million crowns will be covered by a subsidy. The cable car project previously succeeded in obtaining funding from Brussels, and now the town hall has submitted a request for money.
    The city anticipates that the construction of the cable car will begin in mid-October of this year and be completed by June of next year. The boarding station of the cable car will be on the roof of the newly constructed shopping center Forum, which its owner plans to open this fall.
    By constructing the cable car, the town hall aims to enhance the tourist appeal of Ústí nad Labem and make access to the chateau easier for visitors. Additionally, a restaurant is set to reopen at the chateau this summer, with the municipality already having successfully found a new operator for it.
    The chateau Větruše was built 112 years ago by the Ústí tourist association. Before World War II, it was one of the centers of social life in Ústí. Before 1989, it belonged to the state enterprise Restaurants and Dining Halls. It was then sold by the state, but the new owners neglected it. The chateau, which lost the roof of its tower in a fire in 2000, was at risk of collapsing. Ultimately, due to the debts of the last owner, the financial office put Větruše up for auction, and the city purchased it for two million crowns. The Ústí city hall then invested about 170 million crowns into the renovation of the chateau and its surroundings. Two years ago, a wall collapsed under the observation terrace of the chateau, and the landslide has now been secured.