Izikebhe zaseNyakatho Carolina ezihamba phakathi kwe-Hatteras ne-Ocracoke zizoqala ukusebenzisa umzila ohlukile namuhla ozokwengeza cishe imizuzu engu-20 ezikhathini zokuwela njengoba ukudoba kungasavumeli imikhumbi ye-Ferry Division ukuthi ihambe ngokuphepha esiteshini samanje.
Ngokuvumelana neI-NCOT, lolu shintsho luza njengoba i-US Army Corps of Engineers isethwe ukuthi iqale imizamo yokudonsa izimo eziphuthumayo esiteshini sesikebhe esivamile esaziwa nge-Barney Slough.
Isiteshi asishoni ngendlela eyingozi, okuholele ezimeni eziningana lapho izikebhe zishayeka phansi eshaneli futhi zidinga ukulungiswa okumba eqolo ukulungisa umonakalo emikhumbi.
Kunalokho, izikebhe zizoqala ukusebenzisa i-Rollinson Channel ejulile futhi ephephile, engamamayela angu-1.5 ubude futhi izongeza cishe imizuzu engu-20 ohambweni ngalunye lokuya ngendlela eyodwa.
Ngenxa yezikhathi ezinde zokuwela, isibalo sokusuka kwesikebhe sizoncishiswa, kusho i-NCDOT.
I-US Army Corps of Engineers izodonsa izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, uma isimo sezulu sivuma.Lapho beshiya isiteshi, I-Ferry Division izophinde ivakashele izimo zase-Barney Slough ukuze inqume ukuthi ingakwazi yini ukuqalisa kabusha ukusebenza lapho ngokuphephile.