Isikhululo esitsha sezothutho satyhilwa nguMphathiswa weZiseko zoLuntu kunye noThutho loMhlaba, uNandcoomar Bodha, ngexesha lenkomfa yoonondaba ePort-Louis, iNkunzi yaseMauritius kutshanje.
Isikhululo seBhasi iVictoria saseMauritius, iVictoria Urban Terminal, siza kuphinda sifakwe kwisakhiwo esibalulekileyo se-multimodal ngoJulayi kulo nyaka.
I-Bodha ibhengeze ukuba inxalenye yokuqala ye-terminal iya kugqitywa ngoJulayi kulo nyaka. Uthe ukubekwa kwelitye lesiseko se-terminal kucwangciselwe uMatshi.
“Kusekwe ikomiti ekhawulezayo yokubeka iliso kwisikhululo sedolophu yaseVictoria ekulindeleke ukuba igqitywe kwiminyaka emibini,” utshilo uBodha.
Uthe ukuphuhliswa ngokutsha kunye nokuphuculwa kweetheminali zibe ziindawo ezikhuselekileyo nezihlanganisiweyo zedolophu kubalulekile emva kweprojekthi yeMetro Express awayibiza ngokuba yintliziyo yeSmart Mauritius.
"Iprojekthi yeSitena ngumzekelo obambekayo wobambiswano loluntu kunye nolwabucala ukuvuselela amaziko oluntu kunye nokwenza iziseko zophuhliso zibe kumgangatho ophuculweyo wobomi babantu."
UBodha ugxininise ukuba i-terminal iya kubandakanya izinto zangoku kunye nokuchukumisa inkcubeko ukuze kugcinwe izinto zembali zasePort-Louis.
Uye waqaphela ukuba i-terminal iya kunikwa uhlaza ngokombono wokuqinisekisa ukuthotyelwa kwemimiselo yokusingqongileyo. Esi sikhululo sesokuqala sixabisa i-1.85 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi.
Le projekthi ye-terminal ijikeleza malunga nolwakhiwo oluchazwe ngokutsha oluquka ukulungiswa kwesakhiwo esasisakuba yi-NTA, ubonelelo ngendawo yemisebenzi yolonwabo, iinkundla zokutya, iivenkile kunye nemisebenzi yorhwebo enengeniso ngokunjalo nezikhumbuzo zembali. Bamalunga ne-100 000 abakhweli ekulindeleke ukuba bagqithe kwiSitenali saseVictoria Urban yonke imihla.
Le projekthi inwenwela kwindawo eyi-5.25 yeehektare. Iza kuba netheminali enezitendi ezingama-22, iiofisi ezikummandla, indawo yokumisa izithuthi, iMakethe yaseVictoria, iVictoria Shopping Centre, ivenkile enkulu, kunye nebala lokutya. Bamalunga ne-1600 abarhwebi abaza kuhlaliswa ekhompleksini.