"Ngokutyala imali ekuphuculeni iBaltimore Penn Station, i-Amtrak ifuna ukuguqula iBaltimore esembindini ibe yindawo yenkulumbuso yezothutho yenqila eya kuthi ibonelele ngezinto ezintsha kunye nonxibelelwano lokuhamba," utshilo uMongameli we-Amtrak kunye ne-CEO uRichard Anderson. "Lo msebenzi yinxalenye yemizamo eqhubekayo ka-Amtrak yokuphucula amava abathengi kunye nokukhulisa abantu abakhwela kaloliwe."
I-Amtrak ifikelele kufutshane kwezorhwebo kwisikhululo saseBaltimore Penn kunye nokuphunyezwa kwesiVumelwano esiPhezulu sePenn kunye nePenn Station Partner ukuphinda bahlaziye kwaye bandise isikhululo sembali. Izicwangciso ze-Amtrak zokutyala imali efikelela kwizigidi ezingama-90 zeedola kuphuculo lwesikhululo sembali njengenxalenye yesivumelwano, kubandakanya ukwandiswa kunye nokuphuculwa ukulungiselela ukukhula kwabahambi nokuphucula kakhulu amava abathengi.
Ukucwangciswa kunye nophuhliso lokukhuthala ngenxa yokuba bekuqhubeka ukusukela ngeyoMqungu ngo-2018, kulandela ukubhengezwa kuka-Amtrak wamaPenn Station Partner njengo-Baltimore Penn Station Master Developer. Intsebenziswano yabaphuhlisi esekwe eBaltimore ikhokelwa liQela loPhuculo lweBeatty kunye namaQela eSitrato, kunye neqela lasekhaya nelamazwe aphesheya lokucwangcisa, uyilo kunye neefemu zokwakha. Abalingani bePenn Station bakhethwa ngenkqubo yokuthengwa kwempahla kukhuphiswano ngokusekwe kwisindululo sabo, kunye nokuzibophelela ekusebenzisaneni neAmtrak kunye neSixeko saseBaltimore ukuguqula le ndawo ibe yindawo yemozulu emininzi enesikhululo sembali embindini wayo.
"Ndonwabile kakhulu ukuba ama-Amtrak kunye nePenn Station Partner bathathe inyathelo elilandelayo lokuqinisekisa ukuba iSikhululo sePenn sinokufezekisa amandla aso onke - kwaye kuyandivuyisa ukwazi ukuba iAmtrak izakwenza imali ebalulekileyo ukuxhasa ukuvuselelwa kwale ndawo ibalulekileyo yaseBaltimore, ”Utshilo u-Elijah E. Cummings we-Congressman. “Ndizakuqhubeka nokusebenza ngokusondeleyo neAmtrak, iPenn Station Partner, kunye noluntu lonke lwaseBaltimore ukuqinisekisa ukuba le projekthi ibonakalisa izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kwindawo yethu, idala amathuba amashishini amancinci- kunye nabasetyhini, kwaye yenza iPenn Station ukuba ibe sisimemo isango kunye nenjineli yezoqoqosho kwiSixeko sethu. ”
Amahlakani eAmtrak nasePenn ngoku aqhubela phambili isiCwangciso soMboniso sesikhululo kunye neepropathi ezijikeleze iAmtrak ngentsebenziswano nabachaphazelekayo basekuhlaleni kunye noluntu, olubiziweyo Okulandelayo Misa iBaltimore Penn Station.
"Le projekthi ibaluleke kakhulu kwisixeko saseBaltimore kwaye enye kufuneka siyenze kakuhle," kusho uMichael Beatty, uMongameli weQela loPhuhliso lweBeatty. “Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba sihlale sizimanya noluntu kwaye sifumana uluvo lwabo oluqhubekayo. Intlanganiso yokuqala kawonke-wonke ngoJulayi 2018 isinike ingxelo oluncedo, nengqiqo. Sijonge ukubamba iintlanganiso zoluntu ezongezelelweyo kwezi nyanga zintandathu zizayo ngoku sele kufikelelwe kwisivumelwano sorhwebo. ” UBill Struever, iNqununu yeCross Street Partners, wongeze "Sifuna ukuba iPenn Station ehlaziyiweyo igcinwe ngabantu basekuhlaleni ukongeza kubahambi nakubasebenzi baseAmtrak."
Isigaba sokuqala somsebenzi weziseko zophuhliso sikaloliwe eBaltimore Penn Station kubandakanya ukulungiswa kweqonga esele likhona ukubuyisa inkonzo kunye nolwakhiwo lweqonga elongezelelweyo. Ngolwazi oluthe kratya, ndwendwela BaltimorePennStation.com.
Isakhelo sophuhliso kunye nokuphuculwa kwendawo yesitishi eBaltimore kuya kunyusa isiseko esongezelelekileyo sePortor Corridor kunye nokuphuculwa komthamo, kubandakanya umzamo omtsha wokukhulisa kaloliwe ohamba ngesantya esiphezulu eAmtrak okwangoku eqhubekayo. Le projekthi ikwancedisa okuqhubekayo Ukuphuculwa kweAmtrak kwisikhululo saseNew York Penn; kuvulwa iHolo yoLoliwe eMoynihan eNew York; kunye nophuhliso olungaphezulu lwezitishi eChicago, Washington, DC naseFiladelphia.
