Thanks to a comment by Guilherem Carneiro Cabral from the University of Sttugart, I want to clarify that what is being constructed in Ipanema is not a MetroCable but an Elevator/bridge system connecting the metro with the favela above. Following is the link to a youtube video showing some of the design projections for the PAC and this particular area.
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