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A proposal for a cable car over the famous organ pipes of Hobart’s kunanyi/Mount Wellington, and a restaurant and other commercial development on the summit, has been knocked back by Hobart city council in a vote late last night.
Councillors voted 9-3 against the proposal, accepting independent planning advice that it would diminish the mountain’s tourism, recreational, cultural and landscape values.