Uhulumeni Wesifunda Sase-St. Tammany (LA) uzogubha i-Pearl River Navigational Canal eduze nomfula i-West Pearl River, kulandela ukugunyazwa kweButho Lezempi Lase-US Lonjiniyela.
“Lokhu kuphawula usuku oseludlulelwe yisikhathi nolumnandi kubagibeli bethu bezikebhe, abadobi kanye nabazingeli emfuleni omuhle wase-West Pearl,” kusho uMongameli wePherishi uMike Cooper."Iminyaka eminingi, izakhamizi zethu bezingakwazi ukufinyelela eWest Pearl River zisuka ku-Lock #1 ngenxa yokugcwala kwenhlabathi eduze komsele."
UMnyango Wezemisebenzi Yomphakathi waqala ukukhuculula umsele ukuze unikeze usizo lwesikhashana emlonyeni we-Pearl River Navigational Canal.
Osonkontileka baphothula izinhlelo zokuqala iphrojekthi yesikhathi eside eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-2.2, okubandakanya ukumbiwa kanye nokusimamisa amabhange ukuze kukhawulwe ukunqwabelana kwenhlabathi.
Lolu hlelo alugcini nje ngokuvula ukufinyelela eMfuleni i-West Pearl, kodwa futhi lwenza kuphephe kubagibeli bethu bezikebhe.
"Uphiko lwethu lwasolwandle lunqunyelwe ukusebenzisa izikebhe ezincane eziyisicaba ngenxa yamanzi angashoni kuleyo ngxenye yomfula," kusho uSheriff Randy Smith.“Ukungashoni kakhulu kwaleyo ndawo kwesinye isikhathi kuvame ukushiya amanzi angaphansi kwemitha, okudinga ukuthi abashayeli bezikebhe bethu bagijime endizeni kuyilapho bezulazula eduze ngokuyingozi ngaphansi kwezihlahla namagatsha lapho bephendula umkhankaso wokusesha nokuhlenga kuleyo ngxenye ye-West Pearl. Umfula.”
Ukuchithwa kwaleyo ndawo kuzovumela iHhovisi likaSheriff ukuthi libe nezinsiza ezengeziwe zokuphendula lezo zakhamuzi ezidinga usizo nangendlela esheshayo.
Emavikini azayo, abagibeli bezikebhe bazokwazi futhi ukwethula kusukela ku-North Lock #1 ukwethulwa kwesikebhe ngenxa yoxhaso lwe-Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA).
Lo mzamo uyingxenye yemiklamo eyi-16 ye-GOMESA yePherishi yase-St. Tammany eqhubekayo ezohlinzeka ngamathuba ezokungcebeleka, ukuvikeleka kogu kanye nokukhula kokuqina ogwini lwePherishi lethu.