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Cable Car Facilitation (kunanyi/Mount Wellington) Bill 2017
The purpose of the Cable Car Facilitation (kunanyi/Mount Wellington) Bill 2017 is to:
allow a planning application involving public land to be lodged and assessed without
landowner consent;
enable a cable car proponent to access areas of Wellington Park for necessary assessment
and preliminary investigations needed to prepare a planning application; and
provide a mechanism for the government to acquire public land, if required, in an open
and transparent way.
The Bill will not change the requirement for a cable car proponent to secure planning and other
approvals, including those designed to protect Tasmania's natural environment, heritage and
Aboriginal cultural values.
The specifics of a cable car proposal, including the proposed route, will be considered through
these planning and other statutory processes, which will include opportunity for public input.
The Bill confirms that any public land acquired will remain part of Wellington Park and will not
be sold to a proponent or private land holder.
Matters that have not been addressed in this Bill include:
commercial matters, such as access to private land, as these are for a project proponent
to consider, manage and resolve; and
the specific location and operational details of a cable car proposal, which will be assessed
through the planning system. The Bill is not specific to a particular pathway, project or
proponent.
A cable car proponent will also need to secure its own finance. The Government will not be
providing any financial contribution to the project.
This Bill seeks to implement the Government’s policy of balancing sustainable and sensible
tourism in the Tasmania’s natural areas, by facilitating the assessment of a proposal through the
existing planning and statutory systems.
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