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Fri, September 22, 2023 | 01:48
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New cable car project on Mt. Nam causes debate
설악산 오색케이블카 '황금알 낳는 거위' 될까?
Posted : 2015-09-03 18:09
Updated : 2015-09-03 18:46
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By Kim Se-jeong


Seoul City's plan to build a new cable car route on Mount Nam to cater to tourists is generating a lot of debate.

While the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) says the project will be environmentally friendly because it will eventually remove all tourist buses from the mountain, environmentalists claim that the construction will damage the mountain.

The plan has come amid another controversy over a cable car project on Mount Seorak in Gangwon Province, which was approved by the central government last weekend.

The city said that it will add a cable-car operation on Mount Nam in addition to the one already in operation there.

According to the plan, small-sized cable cars, carrying about 10 people each, will carry tourists on an 888-meter-long new route between North Seoul Tower on top of the mountain and a new cable car station near Chungmuro subway station.

The new cable car station will be set up at the foot of the mountain where office buildings for the city government and the Seoul Traffic Broadcasting building are located. The buildings will be removed and the area will be transformed into a park where tourists' buses can be parked.

The city expects the new cable cars will transport 10,000 people every day.

"The cable car project is expected to reduce air pollution generated by tourist buses that drive up the mountain," an SMG official said.

The mountain is one of the major tourist attractions in the city, drawing up to 400 buses every day carrying almost 15,000 tourists to the top of the mountain. The current cable cars carry almost 6,000 people per day.

In May, the city government announced the mountain will be a tourist bus free zone by 2018. The new cable cars will go into operation that same year.

However, environmentalists oppose the project because of potential damage to the ecosystem of the mountain.

The city is planning a public hearing on the project later this year.

The official said the plan had nothing to do with the Mount Seorak cable car project. "Mount Seorak is a national park designated under the goal of preserving habitats for endangered species, while the mountain in Seoul is an urban park and our goal is to make things more convenient for people."

The Mount Seorak cable car project has generated continuous protests despite the government's final approval. Environmental activists plan legal action to cancel the project, and are waging campaigns to garner support from citizens. They say the mountain, listed as a UNESCO preservation site, is home to almost 350 mountain goats and the cable car, will threaten their lives, environmentalists say..

But local municipalities argue the project is crucial in bringing in more tourists to the area and contributing to the sluggish local economy.


설악산 오색케이블카 '황금알 낳는 거위' 될까?

설악산 오색케이블카 승인에 대해 환경단체가 강력 반발하는 가운데 강원도와 양양군의 기대대로 케이블카가 '황금알을 낳는 거위'가 될 수 있을지 관심이 집중되고 있다.

3일 강원도와 양양군에 따르면 설악산 오색케이블카가 지난달 28일 국립공원위원회에서 조건부 승인됨에 따라 이에 대한 보완과 실시설계를 올해 안에 마치고 내년 3월 공사에 들어가 2018년 2월부터 운행에 들어간다는 계획이다.

강원도와 양양군은 설악산 오색케이블카가 침체한 오색지구를 살리고 양양지역 경제를 활성화 시키는 데 큰 역할을 할 것으로 전망하고 있다. 

하지만, 양양군의 이 같은 전망이 장밋빛 기대에 그칠 수도 있다는 우려가 환경단체는 물론 지역주민들 사이에서도 제기되고 있어 눈길을 끌고 있다.

케이블카 설치를 원하는 다수 여론에 밀려 비록 주목을 받지는 못하지만 이런 우려를 제기하는 주민들은 설악산 집단시설지구를 예로 들고 있다.

주민들은 '설악산에는 연간 수백만 명이 찾아오고 그 가운데 상당수가 소공원의 케이블카를 이용하는 관광객이지만 폐허가 되다시피한 집단시설지구는 침체의 국면에서 벗어나지 못하고 있다'라고 지적했다. 

주민들은 '이는 관광객 대부분이 케이블카만 이용하고 현장을 떠나기 때문'이라며 '오색지구도 자칫하면 이런 현상이 나타날 수 있다'라고 우려했다.

일부 주민은 '케이블카로 말미암아 주변지역 교통난은 심화할 것이고 제대로 된 대책이 세워지지 않으면 오색지구는 결국 쓰레기만 버리고 가는 곳으로 전락할 수 있다'는 입장이다. 

양양군 서면 오색1리의 한 주민은 '케이블카 하부정류장이 설치되는 오색2리 지역은 도움이 될 수 있겠지만, 인접 지역은 교통난 등 오히려 불편만 가중될 것'이라며 '우려되는 모든 부분의 해결책이 마련된 상태에서 케이블카 유치작업이 진행됐어야 하는데 그렇지 못해 아쉽다'라고 안타까움을 토로했다. 

한편 국립공원위원회의 승인으로 설악산에 또 하나의 케이블카가 설치되는 것과 관련, 설악동 지역 주민들은 촉각을 곤두세우고 있다. 

설악동 주민들은 '오색지구에 설치되는 케이블카가 소공원 지역의 입장객과 집단시설지구 내 관련업소들에 영향을 줄 수도 있는 만큼 신경이 쓰이는 것은 사실'이라며 '관광객 유치를 위한 다양한 대책들이 국립공원관리공단과 속초시 차원에서 마련돼야 할 것'이라고 지적했다. (연합뉴스)
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