I-State of Washington kufuneka iqhube uphononongo olungxamisekileyo lwekhontrakthi phakathi kweSebe lezoThutho likarhulumente kunye ne-Amtrak emva koMvulo we-Amtrak Cascades 501 deraiilment kufuphi neDupont, WA, ngokutsho kweCascadia Centre of Discovery Institute namhlanje.
"U-Amtrak ngumthengisi wenkonzo kaloliwe ephantsi kwesivumelwano neWashington kunye ne-Oregon, nangona abantu abaninzi becinga ukuba oololiwe ngabakwa-Amtrak," utshilo uBruce Agnew, umlawuli weZiko leCascadia Centre. “Lixesha lokuphonononga eso sivumelwano. Eyona nto siyixhalabeleyo kufuneka ibe lukhuseleko. "
"Iingozi ezimbini eWashington State kwiinyanga ezintandathu," utshilo u-Agnew, "igxininisa isilumkiso senyanga ephelileyo ngusihlalo weBhodi yezoThutho yeSizwe uRobert Sumwalt, owathi 'inkcubeko yokhuseleko ye-Amtrak iyasilela kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ingaphumeleli kwakhona ..." USumwalt wayebhekisa kwi Ingozi ka-2016 ePennsylvania eyabulala abasebenzi ababini bakaloliwe. Ingozi eyenzeka eWashington State kule veki ibulale abakhweli abathathu.
ICascadia Centre yeDiscovery Institute kudala yacela ukuqwalaselwa kweenkampani ezizezinye zolawulo, ezifana nezo ziphethe umzila kaloliwe wabakhweli eConnecticut kunye neenkqubo ezahlukeneyo zabakhweli eCalifornia, eFlorida naseTexas.
USihlalo weBhodi yeDiscovery Institute uBruce Chapman, owayelilungu leBhunga loHlaziyo lwe-Amtrak ngo-2001, uthe, “Intlekele yale veki kufuneka ibekwe ezinyaweni zika-Amtrak, hayi urhulumente. Kodwa urhulumente kufuneka awuthathele ingqalelo umcimbi wolawulo. ”
"Uphononongo olungxamisekileyo kufuneka luhlolisise imiba yokhuseleko, imisebenzi, inkonzo kunye neendleko ze-Amtrak kwi-Cascade Corridor," kusho uAgnew. Ukongeza, abanye abasebenzi kufuneka bamenywe.
