Administrative procedures may delay Kanin’s revival

After the government showed the State’s readiness to participate in the renovation of the outdated main cable car to Kanin last week, it seems to be the timetable for our highest lying ski resort It depends on administrative procedures for obtaining a building permit. If they are too slow, this could be delayed for the coming year the announced opening of Kanin, which has not been in operation for half a year.

The letter of intent envisages that the country is ready to replace the 51 -year -old circular cable car. The current owner and manager of the ski resort is the Municipality of Bovec, which earlier this month announced a public contract for the preparation of project documentation for the revival and renovation of the Kanin ski resort. In a government letter of intent It is proposed to the Municipality of Bovec to transfer a final building permit for the construction of cableway installations between Bovec and Kanin to the country. The municipality of Bovec must do so in a year.

To know the investor

In addition, he must inform the government of the contract with the investor for the renovation or construction of other cableway installations in Kanin and provide evidence of the investor’s financial, organizational, personnel and professional ability to carry out the investment and further management of cableway installations and ski resorts. « After reporting the investor change, the government will carry out activities to build a cableway connection between Bovec and Kanin for the re -operation of the ski resort, which is related to the Italian ski resort Sella Nevea, with the aim of promoting tourism development, recreational activities and economic and social development of the Bovec area with its surroundings, » they say.

Currently, the most likely investor is the Chain Drive Crane (CDC) company with a Bartholet partner company, which initially announced the investment of € 105 million. As we reported, the investors predicted that the upper part of the Kanin ski resort could be opened in the coming season 2025/26, which would be accessed from the Italian side. A new circular cable car is to be gradually built. In the first phase, an existing restaurant would be opened next to the ski resort.

Positive signal

Investor representative Dragan Jojic He says the decision of the government is certainly a positive signal, so they support it. As you understand, it will now be necessary to finish the details of possible cooperation. “It is our desire to start the project as soon as possible. However, we are aware that the procedures take time and that the plans can also be delayed, « he said.

The public procurement of the municipality for the preparation of project documentation for the revival and renovation of the Kanin ski resort are planned to demolish the existing circular cable car and the construction of a new, demolition and construction of the four -seater large graben, modernization of the existing electrical network and access route, reconstruction of the existing Prestreljenik restaurant and the construction of a garage at the entry station. The deadline for submission of tenders will expire on July 10. Kanin has been closed since October 2023 due to the technical false of the main cable car, which leads to the top of the ski slope.