Abasebenzi banyakazisa amatshe awe ku-mile 109 ku-Seward Highway ngoLwesithathu ntambama.(Bill Roth / ADN)

Umbuso uvala ipayipi lokudonsa amanzi elidumile ku-Mile 109 ku-Seward Highway, lapho abantu bevame ukudonsa khona ukuze bagcwalise amabhodlela nojeke.

Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe nge-imeyili ngoLwesithathu, uMnyango Wezokuthutha kanye Nezindawo Zomphakathi e-Alaska uveze ukukhathazeka kwezokuphepha.

"Le ndawo isendaweni eyingozi kakhulu yokuwa kwamadwala, iphakathi kwezindawo eziphezulu ze-10 ezisengozini yomgwaqo omkhulu e-Alaska, futhi ihlangabezane nokuwa kwamadwala amaningi kusukela ukuzamazama komhlaba kuka-Nov. 30," kusho le nhlangano.

Umsebenzi uqale ngoLwesithathu kanti kulindeleke ukuthi wenziwe ekupheleni kosuku, kusho okhulumela i-DOT uShannon McCarthy.

Ipayipi lamanzi selidume kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva nje, ngokusho kwe-DOT.Abantu bavame ukudonsa eweni lomgwaqo omkhulu beyokha amanzi, noma bame endaweni edonsayo ngakolunye uhlangothi bese begijima bewela umgwaqo.

Ezinsukwini ezine ezedlule, kube khona okungenani ama-rock slide ayisishiyagalombili lapho, kusho uMcCarthy.Abasebenzi be-DOT babhale phansi ukuwa kwe-rock entsha muva nje ngoLwesibili.

Lesi sikhungo besesivele sikhombe indawo yamapayipi amanzi njengeyingozi enkulu ngaphambi kokuzamazama komhlaba kwangomhla zingama-30 kuNovemba.Kodwa i-rockfall esebenzayo kusukela ukuzamazama kwandise ukukhathazeka.

“Bekuwumgomo wokugcina ukuyivala,” kusho uMcCarthy."Ngenxa yokuthi usengozini yedwala, futhi unabahamba ngezinyawo abawela ithrafikhi enesivinini esikhulu."

Kube nengozi e-Mile 109 ebandakanya izimoto eziningi ngo-2017, kanti uMnyango wezokuThutha uthole "imibiko eminingi mayelana nokuduka," kusho uMcCarthy.

NgoLwesithathu i-DOT ibilungisa idwala nehlombe ku-Mile 109 ukuze isuse ukungena endaweni yokukhipha amanzi futhi ivimbele izimoto ukuthi zipake ngokungemthetho eceleni komgwaqo.Lo msebenzi uhlanganisa ukuxhuma amanzi amakhulu aphuma edwaleni nomsele endaweni, bese uwavala ngetshe, kusho uMcCarthy.

Lesi sikhungo siphinde sicubungula “izixazululo zesikhathi eside zobunjiniyela” kule ndawo, kusho isitatimende.Lokho kungase kuhlanganise “ukususa iwa kude nomgwaqo omkhulu.”

Amanzi endaweni yokukhipha amanzi aphuma kweminye yemigodi eminingi i-DOT eyabhojwa ngeminyaka yawo-1980 ukuze kuncishiswe umfutho wamanzi nokusimamisa ubuso bedwala, kusho le nhlangano.Kusukela lapho, abantu babeke izinhlobonhlobo zamapayipi lapho ukuze bakha amanzi.

“Lona akuwona umthombo wamanzi osemthethweni womphakathi;awahlungiwe futhi awahlolwa yinoma iyiphi inhlangano elawula amanzi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi amanzi aphephile ukuze asetshenziswe abantu,” kusho isitatimende sale nhlangano."Izazi zokuma komhlaba zikholelwa ukuthi amanzi aphuma endaweni engaphezulu komgwaqo omkhulu futhi ngenxa yalokho angenwa ukungcola okuvela kumagciwane, amagciwane, amagciwane nokunye ukungcola."

NgoDisemba, iDOT yaxwayisa abantu ukuthi bangami epayipini lamanzi iMile 109.Ezinsukwini ezalandela ukuzamazama komhlaba, indawo yavalwa.

"Impela sesifake izikhalo eziningi ngendawo," kusho uMcCarthy.“Kodwa-ke kukhona nabantu abajabulela ukuma lapho bagcwalise ibhodlela lamanzi.”