The Sea to Sky Gondola is expected to be open to the public in the next six to seven months.
“We are steeled for rebuilding,” said Kirby Brown, the manager of the Gondola. “Our team has been doing some incredible technical work to secure and make the line safe to extract the cabins and clean up the area.”
Brown made these remarks while announcing the $250,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for vandalism.
Brown said the company had placed the most advanced security system in the industry.
“We have placed the most advanced security system that ski industry or anything like that has ever seen. But we are standing here because we did not catch the person. We are back at the drawing board, and we know we are doing next in idea and in concept,” he said.
Brown said the company was going to be methodical and professional in the extraction of the damaged cabins.
Out of 39 cabins and one work carrier, 25 to 30 cabins have been lost and will need to be replaced.
The damage would be in the millions, he said.
“We will create infrastructure and systems that allow us to take a step further. And we are going to do anything so our team does not have to face this again,” he said.
“This offers new challenges, new dangers, and we have come up with a brilliant strategy to reduce the risks that we possibly can, although we can’t reduce it entirely,” Brown said.
Meanwhile, Squamish RCMP are seeking any dashcam or camera footage of the Sea to Sky Highway, between September 13, 8 pm and September 14, around 2 pm.
To provide any information regarding this investigation, please contact the Police Gondola Information phone line at 604-892-6122 or email at GONDOLA.INFO@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.solvecrime.ca
