Ukulandela intlanganiso yakutshanje yekomitana ye-St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce, US Virgin Islands iRhuluneli uKenneth E. Mapp uqwalasele izicwangciso zophuculo lweziseko ezingundoqo kunye nomthamo owongezelelweyo wokukhwelisa inqanawa ukuze kuhlaliswe iinqanawa ezinkulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa eCrown Bay kunye neWest Indian Company (WICO) docks.
"Indlela yeenqanawa ezinkulu zokuhamba ngeenqanawa ziyinyani kwaye sisebenza kunye sinokufumana izisombululo ezivumela iSt. Thomas ukuba ihlale ikhuphisana kwaye ibonelele ngamathuba okukhula," kusho iRhuluneli uMapp.
I-St. Thomas-St. UJohn Chamber of Commerce wasabela kakuhle kwizicwangciso zeRhuluneli zokuvuselela umsebenzi wezoqoqosho kwisithili sonke.
I-Govern Mapp kunye namalungu eqela lePorts of the Virgin Islands ichaze iiprojekthi eziqhubekayo zokudiliza, ezixhaswa ngemali kwisigaba sokuqala seNkqubo yeSibonelelo soPhuhliso loLuntu lweSebe leZindlu lase-US kunye noPhuhliso lweDolophu (CDBG) emva kwezaqhwithi zonyaka ophelileyo. Ukutsalwa kuya kuvumela iinqanawa zeQuantum Class ukuba zimise kwicala elingasemantla eCrown Bay kunye neenqanawa zeKlasi ye-Oasis ukuba ziye kumisa kwiziko leNkampani yaseWest Indian.
Ukuphucula amava ondwendwe kwaba ngumxholo wengxoxo kwintlanganiso. Urhuluneli uMapp wabelane ngokuba iSebe lezoKhenketho likwinkqubo yokuqinisekisa ukonwatyiswa okongeziweyo kunye nokubulisa ukubonisa ubuchule beVirgin Islanders kuwo wonke amazibuko kunye neendawo ezisezidolophini. Kwakhona kwaxoxwa ngomnqweno wokwandisa intsebenziswano kunye nabarhwebi kwiprojekthi yokuVuselelwa kweSitrato esiPhambili ukunceda ukunciphisa impembelelo kurhwebo ngaphandle kokulibazisa ngakumbi iprojekthi.
Umphathi oyintloko weTerritory naye wabelana ngeenzame eziqhubekayo zokuphucula ezothutho kunye nokwandisa inani le-US Customs kunye ne-Border Protection agents kwi-Territory njengendlela yokukhawulezisa inkqubo yokuhlola kunye nokubonelela ngamava ohambo olulula njengoko iVirgin Islands ilungiselela iinqwelomoya kunye neendwendwe ezininzi ngexesha. ixesha elizayo lasebusika.
Iqela liphulaphule intetho evela kwi-Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) malunga nophuhliso olunokubakho e-Crown Bay olubonisa imisebenzi efana nokukhwela ibhayisekile/ukuhamba ngeenyawo ukusuka kwizibuko ukuya eLindbergh Bay. I-West Indian Company ibonise iikhonsepthi zokwandisa amandla okusebenza, ngelixa uMkomishinala weMisebenzi yoluNtu uNelson Petty ehlaziya iqela ngeprojekthi yokuphucula iQela lamagqala, ekwishedyuli.
URhuluneli uMapp uphinde waqaphela ukuba imveliso yokhenketho kunye namava kwisithili ayaphucuka ngenxa yentsebenziswano eyomeleleyo yecandelo likarhulumente nelabucala. Ulincomile igalelo leemveliso zeCarnival Corporation – iPrincess Cruises kunye neCarnival Cruise Line – ezibophelele i-$800,000 ekuxhaseni ngemali iiprojekthi ezahlukeneyo, kuquka iMyuziyam yaBantwana, inkqubo yamaThala eeNcwadi amaNcinane, ukwakhiwa kweBala lemidlalo yaBantwana (iCarnival Fun Park) e. I-Emile Griffith Park kunye ne-$ 20,000 yezibonelelo kunye nezixhobo ze-Charlotte Amalie High School Gymnasium. Inkxaso-mali yezi projekthi ilawulwa yi-Community Foundation ye-Virgin Islands.
Ukongeza, iCarnival Corporation izibophelele kwiprogram yomculo ebonelela ngezixhobo kwiSebe lezeMfundo kunye nenkqubo eya kubandakanya abafundi abakhwele kwiinqanawa zayo. Izicwangciso zisemisebenzini yokuba kubekho amagosa avela kuluhlu lwe-cruise lines lecture ezikolweni.
Irhuluneli uMapp uthe ezi ntlobo zentsebenziswano zibalulekile ekuvaleni izithuba apho inkxaso-mali inomda okanye ingafumanekiyo phantsi kweenkqubo zomdibaniso: “Sijonge phambili ekuqhubekeni nokomeleza ubambiswano lwethu nomzi mveliso wokuhamba ngenqanawa.”
Okwangoku, i-Ports of the Virgin Islands - intsebenziswano ebandakanya iSebe lezoKhenketho, i-VIPA kunye ne-WICO - isazibophelele ekuqiniseni intsebenziswano kunye ne-Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCA) kunye neqela elisanda kusekwa kwi-Eastern Caribbean cruise.
Ababekho kuloo ntlanganiso yayingabameli beQumrhu lezoRhwebo uRichard Berry, uVivek Daswani, uMichael Creque, uFilippo Cassinelli noJohn Woods; UMlawuli weSigqeba seVIPA uDavid Map kunye noMphathi wePropati uDeborah Washington; ICEO yeWICO uClifford Graham; UMkomishinala uPetty; kunye noMkomishinala woKhenketho uBeverly Nicholson-Doty kunye namalungu eqela leSebe lezoKhenketho u-Angela Payne, uMlawuli wamava oKhenketho, kunye noTanya Duran, osebenza njengoMlawuli weMisebenzi yeOfisi.
