The trust behind a bid to resurrect the High St cable car line will host a "grand opening'' next March, to mark 60 years since the line closed.
The event will be used to launch the Dunedin Heritage Light Rail Trust's vision and be centred at the trust's temporary museum in Eglinton Rd, trust member Neville Jemmett says.
"It will celebrate the concept, having the museum and a plan of getting the cable cars down the road,'' he said.
A public meeting was held in South Dunedin last night to appoint the chairman and committee members of High St Cable Car Society Inc, and to inform the public of the trust's progress. About 20 people attended.
Mr Jemmett said the temporary museum, to be built on land leased from the Dunedin City Council, could proceed as soon as the lease was "rubber-stamped'' and building consent approved.
"We could literally start tomorrow if those things came in,'' he said.
The museum would feature two cable cars and a trailer, and marked the first tangible step in the trust's ultimate $26million-$30million vision of returning an operational cable car route up High St.
The site would eventually house a $2.5million museum and terminal facility.
About $15,000 was needed to open the temporary museum, of which the trust had about $12,000 at present, Mr Jemmett said.
