I-AirTrain iya kwisikhululo senqwelomoya iJohn F. Kennedy. (Ifoto: UBruce Bennett / imifanekiso kaFetty) Ukonwaba kwesihlwele esinezithende kuMbutho weSidlo sakusasa esingcono saseNew York ngoJanuwari, u-Gov.Andrew Cuomo wabhengeza ukuba uyokujongana nomnenga omnye omhlophe kwinkqubo yezothutho enkulu nexhalabisayo.
Irhuluneli yedemokhrasi ithe ekugqibeleni izokwakha uloliwe oya kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseLaGuardia eQueens, edibanisa indawo egculelwayo kodwa ebalulekileyo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye no-7 kunye noLong Island Rail Road. Ixabiso? Izigidi nje ezingama-450 zeedola.
Awunakho ukufika eLaGuardia ngololiwe apho kwaye ngenene akunazizathu. Kwaye sizokutshintsha kwiminyaka eliqela ezayo, utshilo uMnu Cuomo.
Isibhengezo sikaMnu Cuomo samkelwe kwezorhwebo, kwezabasebenzi nakwizangqa zezothutho, kodwa abangaphakathi ngokukhawuleza babuza ukuba i-AirTrain eya eLaGuardia ingadla njani i-450 yezigidi zeedola ukwakha. Kubameli bezothutho kunye nabalindi abasondeleyo kurhulumente kamasipala, iindleko zibonakala ngathi ziphantsi ngendlela engenangqondo.
UThomas Prendergast, usihlalo weGunya lezoThutho lweMetropolitan, ziqinisekisile ezo zityholo kwindibano yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali eAlbany kwiveki ephelileyo.
Uluhlu lweendleko ngokuqinisekileyo lususela kwisiqingatha sezigidigidi ukuya kwi-1 yezigidigidi, utshilo, ngokweNkulumbuso eNew York. Wayeza kubuya aphendule kamva, esithi kwiintatheli ukuba kukho uluhlu lweentelekelelo, kwaye ke xa irhuluneli yathi $ 450 yezigidi, yile nto sisebenza kuyo.
Umnumzana Cuomo uthe imali izakuthathwa kwindibaniselwano ye-MTA, iPort Authority kunye nemali zikarhulumente. Kodwa kuye nawuphina obeke iliso elibukhali kwindlela echithwa ngayo imali kwiziseko zophuhliso kwindawo yaseNew York, inani lezigidi ezingama- $ 450 aluzange luphumelele kuvavanyo lwevumba.
Kwimeko engenabungozi, i-450 yezigidi zeedola mhlawumbi iyasebenza. Kwimeko ejongene ne-domain ebalaseleyo, ifuthe lokusingqongileyo kunye neendleko zokufumana umhlaba, i-450 yezigidi zeedola kusenokwenzeka ukukrwela umphezulu, utshilo uDavid Fernández, igqwetha lezemali likarhulumente kunye nomcebisi owayengumphathi jikelele kwi-State Dormitory Authority.
Iinkcukacha ezimbalwa malunga neprojekthi zisaziwa. Bambalwa abade bayazi ukuba iyeza: abakwizikhundla eziphezulu kwiLong Island Rail Road, umzekelo, abanikwanga zintloko xa uMnu Cuomo ebhengeza ngoJanuwari 20 ukuba ikhonkco loololiwe liza kucwangciswa ukudibanisa indawo yokumisa iWillets Point LIRR, kunye Uloliwe o-7, ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, itsho imithombo.
Isithethi saseCuomo, uBeth DeFalco, uthe i-MTA ibonelele ngoqikelelo lweendleko ze-1.5 yeemayile zeLaGuardia AirTrain, kubalwa iindleko ze- $ 300 yezigidi ngemayile nganye. Uqikelelo lwe-MTA lwalusekwe kwinxalenye enkulu yemodeli yeendleko ze-AirTrain ukusuka eJamaica, eQueens ukuya kwisikhululo senqwelomoya iJohn F. Kennedy, utshilo.
I-AirTrain esuka eJamaica isiya eJFK ziikhilomitha ezisibhozo ubude kwaye ixabisa i-1.9 yezigidigidi zeerandi ukuyakha, nangona le projekthi yakhiwa phakathi kuka-1998 no-2003. Ukunyuka kwamaxabiso kuye kwaqhubela phambili iindleko zokwakha.
Zindleko zini ezenzileyo ngo-1998? Ukwakha nasiphi na isiseko sothutho esibalulekileyo, i-billion luhlobo lobuncinci, utshilo ummeli wezothutho, ethetha ngemeko yokungaziwa. Kuya kufuneka uthenge iimoto zikaloliwe, wakhe iziseko zophuhliso uqobo. Ngumgca ophakamileyo – kuyabiza kakhulu.
Isicwangciso sikaMnu Cuomo sifuna ukuba uloliwe ahambe ecaleni kweGrand Central Parkway. Umzila kaloliwe ungancoma, okanye mhlawumbi uphazamisane, nophuhliso olucwangcisiweyo lommandla waseWillets Point, indawo yeevenkile zokulungisa iimoto, iscrapyards kunye neziseko zophuhliso ezinqongopheleyo. Iindawo zokuthenga kunye nezindlu kulindeleke ukuba zakhiwe emhlabeni kwiminyaka ezayo.
Umnumzana uFernández uthe indawo ezicetywayo zokungena kwi-AirTrain ziyakusika kwipropathi yabucala kwaye urhulumente kuyakufuneka ahlawule umhlaba, indleko uMnu Cuomo khange abonakale. kukwenziwa uhlaziyo olukhulu.
Ezinye iingcali zazibuza ukuba kungabiza malini ukwenza indawo yokudlulisa elula phakathi kwe-LIRR kunye neqonga loololiwe abasi-7.
Umbuzo ngowokuba bangayidibanisa kangakanani i-AirTrain kunye neenkonzo esele zikhona eWillets Point. Akukho manyano konke konke phakathi [koololiwe abasi-7 kunye ne-LIRR], utshilo uRichard Barone, umlawuli weenkqubo zothutho kuMbutho woCwangciso loMmandla. Ngaba iya kulahlwa kufutshane nomgca wokugungxula okanye ukufana? Ngaba kuya kufuna ukuba uhambe ngaphandle uye kwishedi kaloliwe, kwindlela yokuhamba? Kuya kufuneka uzibeke engqondweni yomkhweli.
Abameli bezothutho bafuna ukwazi ukuba loluphi uhlobo lweemoto zikaloliwe eziza kusetyenziswa yile: ukuhambisa abantu ngokulula, ngokufana neemoto eziya kwisikhululo senqwelomoya iNewark Liberty, okanye iintlobo ezibiza kakhulu zeemoto ezihambelana nokuhamba kwabantu abaninzi ezidolophini, njengeemoto ezisebenza emgceni ukuya kwiJFK. Uloliwe weSikhululo seenqwelomoya iNewark akanakudibana nenethiwekhi kaloliwe.
Iinombolo zokuqhuba zinokuba ngumcimbi xa- okanye ukuba – i-AirTrain eya eLaGuardia igqityiwe. Abahambi abaya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kusafuneka bakhwele phantse lonke uloliwe o-7 ukusuka eMidtown Manhattan ukuya eWillets Point. Iindlela ezingaphantsi azikulungelanga ukuthwala imithwalo emikhulu kunye nomgca ongaphandle, njengoko Ukulibaziseka okunxulumene nemozulu iboniswe kule veki, ayisoloko ithembekile.
Kubahambi bamashishini, uloliwe o-7 akasoze abe yenye indlela enomtsalane. Ixinene kakhulu kwaye kukuhamba ngemizuzu engama-25 ukuya kwengama-30 ukuya apho. Yongeza kudluliso lwe-AirTrain kwaye uthetha ngemizuzu engama-45 ukuya kwengama-50, utshilo uMnu Barone. Lonto inde kakhulu kunendlela engama-20 yokuhamba ngenqwelo-mafutha esuka eManhattan.
