Ma'aikata suna motsa duwatsun da suka fado a mil 109 na babbar hanyar Seward ranar Laraba da yamma.(Bill Roth / ADN)

Jihar na rufe wani shahararren bututun ruwa da ke Mile 109 na babbar hanyar Seward, inda a kai a kai mutane ke shiga don cike kwalabe da tulu.

A cikin sanarwar da aka yi ta imel a ranar Laraba, Ma'aikatar Sufuri da Kayayyakin Jama'a ta Alaska ta ambaci matsalolin tsaro.

"Shafin yana cikin wani yanki mai hadarin dutse mai hadarin gaske, yana cikin manyan wuraren hadarin manyan hanyoyi 10 a Alaska, kuma ya fuskanci fadowar duwatsu da yawa tun bayan girgizar kasa na 30 ga Nuwamba," in ji hukumar.

An fara aikin ne a ranar Laraba kuma ana sa ran za a yi shi a karshen ranar, in ji mai magana da yawun DOT, Shannon McCarthy.

Bututun ruwa ya zama sananne a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, bisa ga DOT.Jama'a akai-akai suna kan kan dutsen babban titin don tattara ruwa, ko kuma su tsaya a wurin da aka ja daga daya gefen kuma su yi ta ratsawa a kan titin.

A cikin kwanaki hudun da suka gabata, an yi aƙalla nunin faifan dutse guda takwas a wurin, in ji McCarthy.Ma'aikatan DOT sun rubuta wani sabon fadowar dutsen kwanan nan a ranar Talata.

Tuni dai hukumar ta bayyana wurin bututun ruwan a matsayin mai hadarin gaske kafin girgizar kasar ranar 30 ga watan Nuwamba.Amma faɗuwar girgizar ƙasa tun bayan girgizar ta ƙara damuwa.

McCarthy ya ce "Wannan ne karo na karshe da za a rufe shi.""Saboda kuna da haɗarin dutsen, sannan kuna da masu tafiya a ƙasa da ke tsallakawa cikin manyan motoci."

An yi hadari a Mile 109 wanda ya shafi motoci da yawa a cikin 2017, kuma sashen sufuri ya sami "rahoton da yawa na kusa da bacewar," in ji McCarthy.

DOT a ranar Laraba tana gyara dutsen da kafada a Mile 109 don cire hanyar shiga wurin magudanar ruwa tare da hana ababen hawa yin fakin ba bisa ka'ida ba a gefen dutsen titin.Aikin ya hada da hada babban ruwan da ke fitowa daga dutsen tare da tudu a wurin, sannan a rufe shi da dutse, in ji McCarthy.

Hukumar ta kuma yi la'akari da "maganin injiniya na dogon lokaci" ga yankin, in ji sanarwar.Hakan na iya haɗawa da "matsar da dutsen daga babbar hanya."

Ruwan da ke wurin magudanar ruwa ya fito ne daga daya daga cikin ramukan DOT da aka hako a shekarun 1980 don rage karfin ruwa da daidaita fuskar dutsen, in ji hukumar.Tun daga wannan lokacin, mutane sun sanya bututu iri-iri a wurin don tattara ruwa.

“Wannan ba asalin ruwa ba ne a hukumance;ba a tace shi ba kuma ba a gwada shi daga wata hukuma mai kula da shi don tabbatar da cewa ruwan ba shi da lafiya ga mutane,” in ji sanarwar hukumar."Masanin ilimin kasa sun yi imanin cewa ruwan yana kwarara ne daga yankin da ke sama da babbar hanya kuma don haka yana da saukin kamuwa da cutar daga kwayoyin cuta, kwayoyin cuta, ƙwayoyin cuta da sauran gurɓatattun abubuwa."

A watan Disamba, DOT ta gargadi mutane da kada su tsaya a bututun ruwa na Mile 109.A kwanakin da suka biyo bayan girgizar kasar, an killace wurin.

"Tabbas mun gabatar da koke-koke da yawa game da shafin," in ji McCarthy."Amma kuma akwai mutanen da suke jin daɗin tsayawa a wurin da kuma cika kwalbar ruwa."