On April 16, 2014, the management of Kok Tobe Park signed a contract with the French company "POMA" for the supply of equipment for the construction of a new gondola cable car at Kok Tobe. On December 6, 2014, the acceptance certificate for the new gondolas (cabins) of the future cable car will be signed. The project is financed by "Nurbank". "Kok Tobe Mountain is one of the most beautiful and amazing places in Almaty. For the convenience of the city's residents and guests, it was decided to completely renovate the cable car"— said the Chairman of the Board of JSC "Nurbank", Kantar Orynbaev.
Let us recall that the complete reconstruction of the cable car started on September 1. During the works, the upper and lower stations and the technical supports will be dismantled. A new gondola-type cable car will be built instead of the existing pendulum cable car. During the construction, Kok Tobe Park will operate normally. Visitors will be able to get there by special buses, and there is a parking area provided for guests arriving by private vehicles.
According to the plan, by June 2015, residents and guests of Almaty will be transported to Kok Tobe in comfortable new eight-seat cabins. It is worth noting that the cable car at Kok Tobe was commissioned in 1967 and later, in 2005, works were carried out to reinforce the slope of Kok Tobe Mountain and to reconstruct the cable car complex.