Any Ideas On What To Do With The Wyler Aerial Tramway?

The Wyler Aerial Tramway, the only Tramway in Texas, could soon be back in business.

It closed in September 2018. Last March, we got word it would probably reopen.  A meeting has been scheduled to get the public's opinion on what to do next. According to a press release:

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has commissioned a feasibility study to determine what it will take to replace and rebuild the only tramway in the state of Texas.

Community feedback is a very important part of this process.

Built by Karl O. Wyler and KTSM TV in 1961, the Wyler Aerial Tramway operated continuously until 2018, but for many years, was not open to the public. When Mr. Wyler left the television and radio stations (and the tramway) to the El Paso Community Foundation, he expressed a wish that the tramway could open to the public again. In 1999, the Foundation gave the Wyler Tramway and 170 acres of adjacent property to TPWD. It operated for the public as a state park since 2001. Prior to being shut down, the Tramway hosted more than 45,000 visitors a year.

The meeting is Wednesday, July 24, at 6PM in the El Paso Community Foundation Room at 333 N. Oregon Street.