Some time ago plans were being drawn up for a proposed cable car running from Mae Taeng to Mae Hong Son.  Typical of projects such as this everything starts off with masses of publicity yet fades into the background over time with the project never to be seen or heard of again.   

Cable car projects are certainly not new yet especially in Thailand.  projects for cable cars seem to pop up into many plans for toursim in Thailand including (among others) Prhukadeung national park, Chiang Doa and the Golden Triangle though unless mistaken so far non of these projects ever ever seen a even a wire cable let alone a cable car system.  In our opinion if a cable car project was put into place servicing mae Hong Son and mae Taeng if the environmental damage could be minimised this could boost the local econmy especially for towns such as pai and Pangmapha where the cable car is planned to pass through. Here's a copy of the article taken from Chiang mai news.com 

Chiang Mai University, Naresuan University and Kasetsart University are collaborating on a research project to assess the environmental impact of the 1.2 billion baht project of the Chiang Mai-Mae Hong Son cable car. The cable car would use a wire rope system to transport the car from Chiang Mai to Mae Hong Son. The cable car would have the capacity to transport up to 40-50 people at a time, as well as medical supplies, construction tools or other equipment in the case of emergencies such as earthquakes or forest rescue operations, said Asst. Prof. Det Wattanachaiyingcharern, the manager and the co-ordinator of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

     The cable car would cover a distance of 141 kilometres, from Mae Taeng District in Chiang Mai to Muang District in Mae Hong Son. It will take five months to study the environmental impact of the project, from October 2007 to February 2008. Phoom Sirachadaphong, the managing director of Pai Cable Transport Co. Ltd., who originally proposed the project, believes that the cable car would not damage the local environment (though independent researchers have warned that one rai of land will be cleared per cable car pole). He also confirmed that if the research is approved, the project will begin as soon as possible.

Previously, three other cable car projects have been proposed in the northern region, including the Three Regions Cable Car (Thailand, Laos and Myanmar) in the Golden Triangle, Chiang Saen District in Chiang Rai, the Chiang Mai World Cable Car above the city’s Night Safari park and the Doi Luang Chiang Dao Cable Car. However, none of these were built due to a lack of comprehensive environmental studies, as well as protests from local people.

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