The owner of a historic railway that runs up Mount Washington is proposing to build upscale accommodations and a restaurant near the summit of New Hampshire’s highest peak.

Mount Washington Cog Railway owner Wayne Presby said the nearly $14 million project would station 18 rail cars at an elevation of about 5,800 feet from mid-May through mid-October. Nine sleeper cars would accommodate up to 70 guests who would pay similar rates to those charged on other sleepers.

The project, presented earlier this month to the Mount Washington Commission, emerged several years after Presby scrapped a plan to build a 35-room hotel on the mountain. That project came under widespread criticism from environmentalists and hikers, who argued the 25,000-square-foot hotel would damage the fragile alpine ecology and destroy the scenic views.

Presby said the latest proposal, which includes plans to pipe sewage down the mountain and fiber-optic upgrades, has the support of the state. In exchange, the Cog would agree to not pursue further expansion on the summit.

It is unclear whether this proposal will garner the same opposition as the larger hotel project, when thousands of people signed a petition against it.