16 March 1999
Umthombo: Eric Staats, Naples Daily News
Crews kusuka Inkampani Yezokwakha iLudlum bahlelelwe ukuqala kokupompa isihlabathi eClam Pass namhlanje njengengxenye yomzamo wokubuyisa ihlathi lomangango elisashona enyakatho neColfer County, kusho umqondisi ophikweni olubhekele ezokwengamela lo msebenzi ngoMsombuluko.
Uhlelo lokubuyisela emuva kuhloswe ngalo ukukhulisa ukugeleza kwamanzi kungena nokuphuma eClam Bay, lapho izikhukhula zibulale khona amahektha angama-50 emihlume kusukela ngo-1992 ngaphansi kwamabhalkhoni asezindaweni eziphakeme kakhulu zasePelican Bay.
Umsebenzi weClam Pass ucezu lwesibili lokubuyiselwa ukuze uqhubeke. AbakwaCrews sebeqedile ukumba umgodi osehlathini elisenyakatho yeClam Pass futhi bazoqala ngokunye ukusikeka okubili kuleli sonto, kusho uJim Ward, umqondisi wePelican Bay Services Division.
Ukwehliswa kwamaza nokwakhiwa kwesiteshi okuyisisekelo kubekelwe izindleko zama- $ 500,000. Imali engenayo yentela yabavakashi izolanda ithebhu yokwakhiwa kabusha kweClam Pass, cishe ama- $ 100,000. Okunye kuzohlukaniswa phakathi kwabahlali basePelican Bay, ngesifunda esikhethekile sokukhokhisa intela, kanye nemiphakathi yeWCI, umakhi wePelican Bay. Ukubuyiselwa - kufaka phakathi izifundo ngezindlela zokunciphisa ukugeleza komakhelwane eClam Bay - kulindeleke ukuthi kubize $ 2.4 million ngesikhathi sekwenziwe.
Umsebenzi kufanele uqedwe ngoMeyi 1, ukuqala kwesizini lokungena kwezilokishi zasolwandle ezivimba umsebenzi osogwini unyaka nonyaka kuze kube nguNovemba. UWard uthe ulindele ukuhlangana nalowo umnqamulajuqu.
Okhomishani be-County bavumile ukweqiwa kusuka emikhawulweni yesikhathi sokwakha ejwayelekile ukuvumela amahora we-24 amahora ngosuku. Lokho kungaqala kwamanye amasonto amabili, kusho uWard.
Umsunguli weMangrove Action Group, iqembu lezakhamizi eliqaphele leli hlathi liba nsundu futhi lahlangana ndawonye ukuphusha izikhulu ukulisindisa, ukushayele ihlombe ukuqala komsebenzi. “Ngicabanga ukuthi empeleni baya phambili,” kusho uClaire DeSilver, obelokhu ebamba imizamo yokulungisa leli hlathi zisuka nje. "Ngicabanga ukuthi, ngokujwayelekile, abantu bajabule kakhulu ngokuya phambili."
UWard uthe uthembele empumelelweni yephrojekthi, ehlanganiswe nethimba lososayensi be-mangrove kanye ne-hydrologists futhi yathola izinyanga zokubuyekezwa yizinhlangano ezivumela umbuso nezimboni.
Ingxenye ebonakalayo kakhulu yephrojekthi kuzoba kabusha kwe-Clam Pass.
I-Ellicott® Umkhiqizo ongu-370 “Udrako®”Ama-dredge nezicucu ezintathu zemishini ehambisa umhlaba zihleli zilindile ngoMsombuluko eClam Pass. Imigqa yamapayipi yelule olwandle yadlula eClam Pass Park yesifunda, lapho isihlabathi sizofakwa khona sisakazeke olwandle. Abasebenzi bangcwabe ipayipi emaphethelweni olwandle ukuze kuvunyelwe abantu abahamba olwandle.
Cishe izimbumbulu eziyishumi elinamandla zabaseshi kudedelwe ukuba zithuthelwe imigodi emibili eye ymbiwa enyakatho yeClam Pass ngaphakathi kwendawo okugcinwa kuyilokishini ebekelwe eceleni ngesikhathi kwakhiwa iPelican Bay, kusho uWard.
Kucashunwe ku: Naples Daily News