Courmayeur got the green light to go ahead with the replacement of two lifts: the Maison Vielle chairlift with a 16-seater cable car, and the Chécrouit cable that will be a 10-seater from the today’s old 6-seater. Both lifts will maintain the same route.
The total cost of this refurbishment by Courmayeur Mont Blanc Funivie SPA will be of approximately 42 million euros. The City Council has unanimously approved three resolutions to allow these building works.
These are two very old lifts that needed to be upgraded, as they were susceptible to be stopped due to wind.
A new parking lot behind the Courmayeur Sport Center in Dolonne was also approved by the City council.
The works include the creation of 28 parking spaces in the area behind the Courmayeur Sport Center. The expected costs for the intervention are 180 thousand euros plus VAT and the procedure for the works will be put out to tender through the CUC. The construction is scheduled for autumn 2025. They will be paid parking lots at least in the winter season
A new bathroom in Val Veny where a section of the road will be resurfaced
In the council meeting on Friday, unanimously, the design of two bathrooms in Val Veny and Val Ferret was also entrusted. The bathroom in Val Veny serves the picnic area called “Bosco del Miage” and is located upstream from the Pramotton Bar/Restaurant. The project includes the construction of 5 bathrooms, one of which is for disabled people. The new building will cost 184 thousand euros.
Also unanimously, the Courmayeur City Council approved the draft agreement for the transfer of funds for the implementation of extraordinary maintenance work on the CMF Dolonne – Val Veny consortium road. The expense borne by the Municipality, for this first phase of implementation of the agreement, is equal to a maximum of 150,000 euros (including VAT), to be understood as a capital contribution.
The works include laying bitumen and asphalt on some portions of the road in question, “from the exit of the cable car to the departure of the gondola lift – explained Mayor Rota – where with the melting snow you walk in terrible conditions, this intervention will also facilitate the passage of the disabled. Other points are identified at the Pra Neyron huts. It is an action in collaboration with Funivie and Consorzio and part of an intervention by the Region”.
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