Abaququzeleli beNkomfa kunye nabathunywa abandwendwela iNewcastleGateshead ehlotyeni baya kuba nethuba lokubona enye yezona zakhiwo ze-UK zisebenza.
IBhunga leGateshead liqalise uluhlu lwe-100 yemihla ngemihla yokuthambekela kweGateshead Millennium Bridge ukunceda ukubonisa ummangaliso wobunjineli kuluntu.
Yonke imihla malunga nentsimbi ye-12 emini, abakhenkethi, abantu basekuhlaleni kunye nabadlula ngendlela baya kufumana ithuba lokubona i-Gateshead Millennium Bridge edumileyo ijikeleza. Inkqubo yokulinga iqala namhlanje (ngomhla we-10 kuJuni) kwaye iya kuqhuba iintsuku ezili-100 ezilandelelanayo ngexesha lexesha lasehlotyeni eliyincopho, kwaye ukuba impumelelo inokwandiswa nangakumbi.
Ukongeza kwii-100 zemihla ngemihla ehlotyeni lonke, abaququzeleli benkomfa banokucela ibhulorho ekhethekileyo yokuthambeka njengenxalenye yenkqubo yabo yentlalontle okanye ukuba ibhulorho ikhanyiswe ngemibala yabo yequmrhu. Le nkonzo ifumaneka unyaka wonke.
UJessica Roberts, intloko yoKhenketho loShishino eNewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, wathi, “Kuyinto emangalisayo ukuba iindwendwe eziya eNewcastleGateshead ziya kuqinisekiswa ithuba lemihla ngemihla lokonwabela lo mbono umangalisayo kuzo zonke iinyanga zasehlotyeni. Siyazingca ngento yokuba singakwazi ukubonelela abaququzeleli kunye nabathunywa ngeziganeko zokuyila nezikhumbulekayo. Ukuthambeka kwebhulorho ngumzekelo obalaseleyo ophuma kwintlaninge yemisebenzi esinokuyilungiselela, kwaye leyo ngokuqinisekileyo iya kumangalisa noyena mthunywa unenyameko.”
UCeba uLinda Green, ilungu lekhabhinethi yenkcubeko kwiBhunga laseGateshead, wongeze wathi, “IGateshead Millennium Bridge yenye yezona zinto zinomtsalane kuMantla eNgilani, kwaye siyazi ukuba abantu abaninzi abakhe balifumane ithuba lokuyibona ithambeka. Ngokuzisa eli xesha lokuthambeka rhoqo – yonke imihla emini emaqanda – sicinga ukuba linika wonke umntu ithuba lokuyibona ishukuma. I-Quayside ngoku iyindawo edlamkileyo nenika umdla ke ngoko siyathemba ukuba le iya kuba yinto enokonwatyelwa ngumntu wonke – abakhenkethi kunye nabemi balapha ngokufanayo. Sifuna ukuba lo ibengumsitho obalulekileyo njengompu wase-Edinburgh eScotland. ”
