But Cusco officials are now crying foul.<\/p>\n
“Cusco was never consulted on the issue,” said Ren\u00e9 Concha, regional president of Cusco. “This project should be bi-regional. In this sense, we insist Apur\u00admac’s regional president converse with us, and if necessary we will go personally to Apur\u00admac to seek dialog.”<\/p>\n
Folks from Cusco’s Anta province, where Choqueqirao is located in the Mollepata district, came out in force to voice their concern. Some 5,000 protesters from Anta reportedly flooded the streets of the city of Cusco yesterday, demanding that a general assembly of local and regional officials meet with residents in the district of Mollepata before month’s end to get their input.<\/p>\n
“The second point,” said Anta’s municipal mayor, Eulogio Uscamayta, “is for (Cusco’s) regional president to have a meeting with the (national) Council of Ministers to make sure the project is bi-regional, otherwise it’s a no-go.”<\/p>\n
Pablo Olivera Baca, a regional council member from Anta, said his province planned to file a court injunction to halt the project <\/a>“because the region of Apur\u00admac is conducting a project in Cusco’s territory without consulting us.”<\/p>\n “There was an initial agreement for the project to be bi-regional that has not been followed,” he added, echoing the sentiment.<\/p>\n For nearly a century reaching the remote royal estate, built during the late 15th century by the Inca ruler Topa Inca Yupanki has taken several days of hiking over narrow high mountain<\/a> passes.<\/p>\n Only a few thousand travelers (just over 3,000 in 2013) make it to the site each year. The number of visitors to the site is on the rise now, as people hurry to experience the ruins before the project is completed and Choquequirao is packed with crowds arriving on aerial trams.<\/p>\n Political wrangling between Cusco and Apur\u00admac could mean a reprieve from and impending “Crowds through the clouds to Choquequirao<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Another thing to consider is the magnitude of the project, and the engineering challenges that building a tram spanning that part of the Apur\u00admac River represents. But more on that later. Stay tuned….<\/p>\n In the meantime, it is a good time for travelers to experience the ruins in their current state. Fertur Peru Travel is proud to be working with Edwin Due\u00f1as and archaeologist Gary Ziegler to offer the Choquequirao experience in style:<\/p>\n
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