According to Patcharawat Wongsuwan, secretary of natural resources and culture, the Phu Kradueng wire car task has been shelved due to worries about how it will affect the environment.
Pol Gen Patcharawat claimed that the government refused to approve the finances required to fund the new style of the eagerly anticipated wire car at the well-liked tourist destination in Loei yesterday at a smart cabinet meeting in Nong Bua Lamphu.
Since the project’s original environmental impact assessment ( EIA ) was completed more than 20 years ago, the relevant agencies are unable to conduct another one without a new design.
Jatuporn Buruspat, the agency’s lasting secretary, has been told to speak with the appropriate agencies before approving the request, according to Pol Gen Patcharawat.
Puangpet Chunlaiad, the chancellor of the PM’s Office, stated just before the meeting that the municipal authorities of Loei had requested 28 million baht from the cabinet in order to get the project started. The project was initially approved more than twenty years ago.
Before the cabinet can reconsider it, the new EIA will be sent to the Ministry of Sports and Tourism for review by the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration ( Dasta ), she said.
As a previous Loei MP, Ms. Puangpet continued,” I want to see the cable car built so that visitors can get Phu Kradueng and take in the sights from the bottom all year long.”
20 or 30 years back, the project’s initial approval was given, but it has never been carried out. For the benefit of the people of Loei, I want this job to be a success, Ms. Puangpet said.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, the appropriate authorities are still coming up with ideas to make the Phu Kradueng wire vehicle project a reality.
There are worries about the site’s effects on the environment, he said, so careful consideration is required.
Dasta requested permission from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation to survey the area for the cord car job, according to Attapapol Charoenchansa, the department’s acting captain.
Dasta has until September 30th, 2025, to finish the survey in accordance with the current requirements.
However, Dasta director Athikun Kongmee stated that the organization hopes to finish and deliver the project’s EIA to the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning ( Onep) by the following year, speaking shortly after the government rejected the funding request.
However, Ornyupa Sangkamarn, the Seub Nakhasathien Foundation’s secretary general, expressed worries about the effect the cord car would have on the natural diversity of the mountain.
She claimed that the cable car will draw more people to the area, which may harm the castle’s biodiversity.
The Phu Kradueng area shop operator association’s chairman, Sutham Thammachart, stated that he wholeheartedly supported the wire car project, which would significantly increase the tourism sector in the province.