Abakhenkethi abalishumi baphathwa emva kokukhubeka kumanqwanqwa ebhulorho yoMgaqo-siseko yeemitha ezingama-10, eyilwe ngumzobi waseSpain uSantiago Calatrava, eyavulwa nge-94 kaSeptemba.
Abahambi ngeenyawo abaphulukene neenyawo baye batyhola izinyuko zebhulorho ezingachanekanga kakuhle, ezinye zazo ezisebenza njengeendawo zokubukela, kunye nefuthe eliphazamisayo lokukhanya kwelitye elicandiweyo kunye nomgangatho weglasi.
“Abantu bayaphoswa linyathelo bandule ke beze kusikrokrela,” utshilo umlindi wamapolisa osebenza iiyure ezingama-24 kwiphephandaba laseItali iCorriere della Sera.
UPaolo Pennarelli, omnye woogqirha besi sixeko, ucebise ukuba iingozi zibangelwe ngabakhenkethi abajonge iimbono zebhulorho phezu kwesixeko kunokuba bahoye iinyawo zabo.
“Siba nolu hlobo lwengozi veki nganye. EVenice, ukuwa okunje kuyindalo, ”utshilo.
Ibhunga lesixeko saseVenice licele izisombululo kule ngxaki kumyili wezakhiwo, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku uye wakhupha isigwebo sokuvala ibhulorho ukuze ilungiswe.
"Siza kungenelela ngohlobo oluthile lwenkqubo yokubonisa abakhenkethi abaphazamisekileyo, mhlawumbi ngezincamathelisi emhlabeni," uSalvatore Vento, intloko yemisebenzi yoluntu yaseVenice, uxelele uCorriere.
Ubuchwephesha obuphezulu bentsimbi kunye nebhulorho yeglasi iye yalawulwa yimpikiswano ukususela oko uyilo lwayo lwatyhilwa, oluye lwagxekwa ngokulibaziseka kunye nokugqithiswa kweendleko.
Ibhulorho idibanisa isikhululo sikaloliwe saseVenice kunye ne-Piazzale Roma, imoto, ibhasi kunye nesikhululo sesikhephe kwelinye icala leGrand Canal.
Le bhulorho yeyesine phezu kweGrand Canal yesixeko kunye nebhulorho yokuqala entsha yesixeko kwiminyaka engama-70.
Usuku lokuvulwa ngokusemthethweni kwebhulorho kwafuneka lugcinwe luyimfihlo emva kokuba amalungu ebhunga aphikisayo etyityimbisel’ umnwe ngokuphazamisa ukumiselwa kwawo, esithi ibhulorho entsha “yayisisikhumbuzo solawulo olubi kunye nokuchitha imali yaseVenice”.
Amalungu ebhunga le-National Alliance kudala athi iindleko zeprojekthi ziye zaphelelwa kulawulo ngenxa yeempazamo zokucwangcisa kwaye zibonise ukuba akukabikho ukufikelela kwabakhubazekileyo phezu kwebhulorho.
Izicwangciso zale bhulorho zabhengezwa ngo-1996 kwaye isakhiwo safakwa kwihlobo elidlulileyo - kwiminyaka emibini emva kwexesha - phakathi koloyiko lokuba iibhanki zemijelo aziyi kukwazi ukuyigcina kakuhle.
NgoFebruwari uSodolophu waseVenice uMassimo Cacciari kwafuneka alugxothe uloyiko lokuba ibhulorho isenokushukuma emva kokuba iphephandaba lasekuhlaleni licaphule umphathi weprojekthi uRoberto Casarin esithi uye wahamba “malunga neesentimitha” kulingo lomthwalo.
Olunye utshintsho kwisicwangciso sokuqala lubandakanya isigqibo sokongeza izitebhisi, ukwenzela ukuba isakhiwo sibonakale ngakumbi kubakhenkethi, kunye nokusebenzisa iindidi ezimbini zamatye endaweni yesinye.
Owayesakuba ngunobhala ongaphantsi kwezenkcubeko kunye nomgxeki wezobugcisa uVittorio Sgarbi uthe akayithandi kwaye wayichaza "njengengeyomfuneko" kwaye yafihla isibhakabhaka saseVenice kwiPiazzale Roma.
“Ikhangeleka ngathi yikreyifishi,” watsho. "UCalatrava yindoda elunge kakhulu kodwa iVenice ayifuni enye ibhulorho."
