Indawo entsha yenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa iza kuvulwa eCharleston

I-COLUMBIA, SC - Umphathi ophezulu we-South Carolina State Ports Authority uthe ngoLwesine ucele abakhi bezakhiwo ukuba bangenise iziphakamiso zokuyila i-terminal entsha yabahambi ngeenqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa ukuvula kwiminyaka emibini eCharleston.

"I-Cruises ilungile kuCharleston, kwaye ilungile kwi-port," uJim Newsome, umongameli we-Ports Authority kunye ne-CEO, watsho kwingxelo yeendaba. "Sizibophelele ngokuqinileyo ekulawuleni ishishini lethu lokuhamba ngenqanawa ngendlela ekhuselayo kwaye igcine loo mlinganiswa."

Ngenyanga yoMdumba, uGunyaziwe wamaZibuko ubhengeze izicwangciso zawo zokuhlaziya isakhiwo esele sisetyenziswa ngabakwaBMW ukuze basebenze njengesikhululo esithatha indawo yesakhiwo esidala esiphantse sibe ngama-40 eminyaka ubudala. Isakhiwo sinendawo yokupaka kunye nokwehlisa abakhweli, ukuphepha ukukhwaza okwenzeka ngamanye amaxesha xa iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zifowunela.

Ngaphandle kwetheminali enegumbi elinye, isicwangciso seehektare ezingama-63 kumda wamanzi sifuna ukufikelela kumanzi kawonke-wonke, nto leyo evumela umntu ukuba ahambe malunga neekhilomitha ezine ezantsi kwelinye icala le-peninsula yaseCharleston anyuke kwelinye kwaye, ngaphandle kokumbalwa, asoloko ewabona amanzi. .

"Eli lelona thuba libalulekileyo lophuhliso kwindawo yaseCharleston," utshilo uNewsome. "Kwaye kuxhomekeke ngokupheleleyo ekufudusweni kwesikhululo sabakhweli."

Eli ibilixesha lokuqala lokuhamba ngenqanawa unyaka wonke ukusuka eCharleston. NgoMatshi, i-Celebrity Mercury, yanyanzeleka ukuba ibuye kwangoko kwiihambo ezintathu ezithe ngqo ukusuka eCharleston, ekhathazwa kukuqhambuka kwezifo zamathumbu. Kwiinyanga ezimbini kamva, i-2,056-abagibeli beCarnival Fantasy yafika edolophini, yaba yindawo yokuqala yokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuba isekelwe ngokusisigxina kunxweme lwaseMzantsi Carolina.

Ngokophononongo olugunyaziswe ligunya, ukuhamba ngenqanawa kulo nyaka kuya kuthetha i-37 yezigidi zeedola kuqoqosho lwaseMzantsi Carolina, apho ukhenketho lulonke luzibhiliyoni zeedola ezili-18.4. Uphononongo lwathi ukuhamba ngeenqanawa kuxhase imisebenzi engama-400 kwindawo yaseCharleston kunye ne-16.2 yezigidi zeedola kwimivuzo kunye nemivuzo kwaye yenze i-3.5 yezigidi zeedola kwingeniso yerhafu.

Iingcali zokusingqongileyo zivakalise inkxalabo yokuba ngakumbi iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa eCharleston zinokuthetha ungcoliseko olungakumbi kwizibuko lesixeko eliyimbali, eliya kubona iminxeba engama-67 yeenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye neenqanawa ezingaphezulu kwama-2,000 XNUMX kunye nezinye iinqanawa kulo nyaka.

Ixhalabele ukuba iinqanawa zizisa abantu abaninzi ngokukhawuleza kakhulu, okubangela ukuxinana kunye nongcoliseko, iSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League iphakamise ukuba amagosa avume imithetho efana nokunciphisa iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ekufikeni kube kanye ngexesha kunye nokubeka inani labakhweli kunye nokuphakama kweenqanawa. .

"Lonke elinye ishishini elisebenza eCharleston, nokuba yihotele, indawo yokutyela, inkampani yeenqwelo, okanye ivenkile yokuthengisa, ithobela imithetho ebanzi elawula ulwakhiwo, ubungakanani besakhiwo, iintlobo zemisebenzi enokuthi yenzeke, iimpembelelo zendlela kunye ngaphezulu,” uDana Beach, umlawuli olawulayo weqela, ubhale ngoMvulo kwinqaku le-op-ed. "Ukuvumela iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa, ezingasekelwanga eCharleston kwaye zingabandakanywanga e-US, ukuba zisebenze ngokungohlwaywa, ngaphandle kwesakhelo solawulo lwasekhaya olusebenza kwamanye amashishini orhwebo, akulunganga kwaye kunokuba yingozi kwikamva lesixeko sethu."

I-Newsome kunye nabanye bathi iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zithobela imigangatho engqongqo yokusingqongileyo kwaye azilahli ilindle kwizibuko.

UNewsome uphinde waqaphela ukuba uGunyaziwe weZibuko lenze ibhunga leengcebiso kunye nabahlali kwindawo ephakathi kwedolophu kufutshane nesiza setheminali. Amagosa anethemba lokuba i-terminal enegumbi elinye iya kuvulwa kwiminyaka emibini.