Abasebenzi bahambisa amatye awele kumgama we-109 we-Seward Highway ngoLwesithathu emva kwemini.(uBill Roth / ADN)

Urhulumente uvala umbhobho odumileyo wokukhupha amanzi kwi-Mile 109 ye-Seward Highway, apho abantu bahlala betsala ukuze bazalise iibhotile kunye neejagi.

Kwingxelo ethunyelwe nge-imeyile ngoLwesithathu, iSebe lezoThutho laseAlaska kunye neZibonelelo zoLuntu likhankanye iinkxalabo zokhuseleko.

"Isiza sikwindawo ephezulu yokuwa kwamatye, iphakathi kweendawo eziphezulu ze-10 zengozi yendlela e-Alaska, kwaye ifumene ukuwa kwamatye amaninzi ukususela kwinyikima ye-30 kaNovemba," kusho i-arhente.

Umsebenzi uqale ngoLwesithathu kwaye kulindeleke ukuba wenziwe ekupheleni kosuku, satsho isithethi seDOT uShannon McCarthy.

Umbhobho wamanzi uye waziwa kakhulu kwiminyaka yamuva nje, ngokutsho kweDOT.Abantu bahlala betsala kwicala eliwa kuhola wendlela ukuya kukha amanzi, okanye bamise kwindawo yokutsalela kwelinye icala baze barhole ukunqumla indlela.

Kwiintsuku ezine ezidlulileyo, bekukho ubuncinci izilayidi zamatye ezisibhozo apho, utshilo uMcCarthy.Abasebenzi be-DOT babhale ukuwa kwelitye elitsha nje ngoLwesibini.

I-arhente sele ibone indawo yombhobho wamanzi njengomngcipheko omkhulu ngaphambi kwenyikima ye-30 kaNovemba.Kodwa i-rockfall esebenzayo ukusukela oko inyikima inyuse inkxalabo.

“Yayisiluphawu lokugqibela ukuyivala,” utshilo uMcCarthy."Ngenxa yokuba unomngcipheko wamatye, ke ukwanabo nabahambi ngeenyawo abawela i-traffic enesantya esiphezulu."

Kwakukho ingozi kwi-Mile 109 ebandakanya iimoto ezininzi ngo-2017, kwaye isebe lezothutho lifumene "iingxelo ezininzi zokuphosa okukufutshane," utshilo uMcCarthy.

I-DOT ngoLwesithathu ibilungisa ilitye negxalaba kwi-Mile 109 ukususa ukufikelela kwindawo yokuhambisa amanzi kunye nokuthintela izithuthi ekupakeni ngokungekho mthethweni emaweni endlela.Umsebenzi ubandakanya ukudibanisa amanzi angundoqo aphuma eliweni kunye ne-culvert kwisiza, kwaye emva koko uvale ngelitye, uMcCarthy uthe.

I-arhente iqwalasela "izisombululo zobunjineli zexesha elide" kule ndawo, isitatimende.Oko kunokuquka “ukushenxisa iliwa kude nohola wendlela.”

Amanzi kwindawo yokuhambisa amanzi aphuma komnye wemingxuma emininzi ye-DOT egrunjiweyo kwiminyaka yoo-1980 ukunciphisa uxinzelelo lwamanzi kunye nokuzinzisa ubuso bamatye, i-arhente yatsho.Ukususela ngoko, abantu baye babeka iintlobo ngeentlobo zemibhobho apho ukuze kukhelwe amanzi.

“Lo asingomthombo wamanzi osemthethweni woluntu;akahluzwanga kwaye akavavanywa nakweyiphi na i-arhente elawulayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba amanzi akhuselekile ukuba angasetyenziswa ngabantu,” itshilo ingxelo yale arhente."Iingcali ngokwakheka komhlaba zikholelwa ukuba amanzi ahamba phezu komhlaba ukusuka kwindawo engaphezulu kohola wendlela kwaye ngenxa yoko anokusulelwa zintsholongwane, iintsholongwane, iintsholongwane kunye nezinye izinto ezingcolisayo."

NgoDisemba, iDOT yalumkisa abantu ukuba bangayeki kumbhobho wamanzi we-Mile 109.Kwiintsuku ezilandela inyikima, loo ndawo yavalwa.

“Ngokuqinisekileyo siye safaka izikhalazo ezininzi malunga nendawo,” utshilo uMcCarthy."Kodwa ke kukho abantu abathanda ukuma apho bazalise ibhotile yamanzi."