Location

The cable car route connects Medveja to the Vojak mountain top on the Učka Mountain (Municipality of Lovran and City of Opatija).

Ownership

Private and state ownership

Estimated value of the project: EUR 14,000,000

Significance of the project

The cable car connects the coast and the Učka Mountain area and it is of great relevance for the tourist industry of the entire region. Medveja is a tourist place with a bay spreading across three kilometres of the bay coastline with an 800-m long pebble beach. Vojak is the highest peak of the Učka Mountain and of the entire Istrian Peninsula with a beautiful view on all four sides (to Venice, Risnjak, Pag and Alps). The new tourist industry infrastructure will add to the quality of tourist facilities and extend the tourist season in Kvarner to a year-round season.

The project involves the following construction

Construction of the cableway in the length of 4.7 kilometres the pillars height of 14-15 m. A return trip cable car with two cabins would be used, each cabin taking 60 passengers, of the maximum capacity of 350- 400 passengers/hour; the starting station is planned near the beach and the final stop on the top of it sits50 meters from the top of Vojak. The investment includes the starting station with parking, booking office and restrooms, the final cell with a gazebo, a restaurant, cafe and souvenir shop and the entire route of the access roads. Other equipment includes ticket charging systems and forest clearing costs, costs of permits etc. Other investments include the construction of stations (approximately EUR 300,000 per station), parking places near the station at the foot of the mountain (estimated at EUR 100,000) and additional smaller cable cars on the route B from the mountain station to the top of the mountain near Vojak (approximately EUR 300,000).

Realization model

Open negotiating options.

Developed documents

Physical planning documents:

• The project is in compliance with the physical planning documents.

Studies documentation:

• Master plan for tourism development.
• Enviromental studies.

Project documentation:

• Preliminary and main design.

Contact

Milorad Stanić
Žičara Učka Ltd.
Phone: +385 51 335 338
E-mail: stanic.zicara.ucka@gmail.com
Web: www.zicaraucka.hr