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Drone lays guide cable. Image by Mi Teleferico.
Last Friday marked another impressive milestone for the rapidly growing urban cable car network in La Paz, Bolivia.
With the help of a drone, a guide cable was strung across section 2 (between Plaza Villarroel station and Plaza Triangular station) of the White Line (Spanish: Linea Blanca).
This task was completed ahead of schedule in just 7 hours with the help of more than 150 persons. Over the next week, progressively thicker cables will be strung across the alignment until the final 50mm steel cable is installed/spliced on August 5.
The entire project is moving ahead steadily as the electromechanical equipment for 2 stations (Plaza Villarroel and Monumento Busch) is already 100% complete while Plaza Triangular station is 80% complete.
Overall, the White Line is expected to open its doors to passengers by mid-2017.
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