Ngaloo Septemba, phantse iveki emva kweemvula ezinkulu zahlasela urhulumente, amawakawaka abantu baseColorado baphoqeleka ukuba baphume amakhaya abo. I-Vrain Creek.
Ngoku, malunga neminyaka elithoba emva koko, umwonyo osecaleni kwakhe sele uchacha ngokupheleleyo.Ibala le-Colorado Highway 7 eliye lakhukuliseka liye lazaliswa.Izazinzulu ziye zakha inkqubo entsha yomgxobhozo eyenzelwe ukumelana nezikhukula ezizayo.
Abahlali abanjengoBarnhardt baxolile kuba ikhowuni yokwakha iphelile.
“Asisabafuni abantu abakhatshwayo ukuze siye nokubuya ekhaya,” watsho encumile.” Kwaye ngenene sinokuphuma kwindlela yethu yokuhamba.
Abahlali kunye namagosa avela kwiSebe lezoThutho laseColorado bahlanganisene ngoLwesine ukuze babhiyozele ukuvulwa kwakhona kweHighway 7 phakathi kweLyon kunye ne-Estes Park ngaphambi kwempelaveki yoSuku lweSikhumbuzo.
Ethetha nabazimasi, umlawuli wengingqi weCDOT uHeather Paddock uthe ukulungiswa kohola wendlela zezokugqibela kwiiprojekthi ezahlukeneyo ezingaphezu kwama-200 urhulumente azenzileyo ukusukela kwezikhukula.
“Ngokumalunga nokuba amazwe akhawuleza kangakanani ukuchacha kwiintlekele ezinje, ukwakha kwakhona oko konakele iminyaka elithoba kubaluleke kakhulu, mhlawumbi kuyimbali,” utshilo.
Izixeko ezingaphezu kwe-30 kunye neengingqi ezivela eLyon ukuya eMpuma Ekude ukuya eSterling zibike izikhukhula ezinzima ngexesha lomcimbi.I-CDOT iqikelela ukuba ichithe imali engaphezu kwe-750 yezigidi zeedola ekulungiseni iindlela ukususela ngoko.Oorhulumente basekhaya bachithe izigidi zeedola.
Ngokukhawuleza emva komkhukula, abasebenzi bagxininise ekulungiseni okwethutyana kwiindlela ezonakalisiweyo ezifana neNdlela ye-7.Iziqendu zinceda iindlela ziphinde zivulwe, kodwa zibenza basengozini kwimozulu embi.
I-St. Vrain Canyon yeyokugqibela kuluhlu lwe-CDOT lokugcinwa ngokusisigxina ngenxa yokuba yenye yezona ndawo zincinci zilawulwa ngurhulumente kwi-Front Range.Idibanisa iLyon ne-Estes Park kunye neendawo ezininzi zeentaba ezincinci ezifana ne-Ellens Park kunye neWard. Malunga ne-3,000 yezithuthi ziyadlula. kule paseji yonke imihla.
“Abahlali balapha baza kuxhamla kakhulu kolu kuvulwa kwakhona,” utshilo uPaddock.” Ikwayipaseji enkulu yokuzonwabisa.Ijikeleza kakhulu kwaye uninzi lwabalobi beempukane beza apha ukuza kusebenzisa umlambo. ”
Ukulungiswa okusisigxina kwi-Highway 7 kwaqala ngoSeptemba, xa i-CDOT ivalile kuluntu.Kwiinyanga ezisibhozo ukususela, abasebenzi baye bagxininise iinzame zabo kwi-6-mile yendlela eyonakaliswe kakhulu ngumkhukula.
Abasebenzi baphinde bafaka i-asphalt eyayibekwe endleleni ngexesha lolungiso oluphuthumayo, bongeza iindlela ezintsha zokugada emagxeni kwaye bemba imisele emitsha ye-rockfall, phakathi kwezinye izinto eziphuculweyo.
Kwezinye iindawo, abaqhubi banokubona iimfumba zeziqu zemithi ezincothulwe kufutshane nendlela.Umphathi okhokelayo weCDOT wobunjineli bokwakha kule projekthi, uJames Zufall, uthe abasebenzi bokwakha banokufuna ukuphumeza ukuvalwa kwendlela enye kweli hlotyeni phambi kokuba bagqibezele umsebenzi. indlela, kodwa iya kuhlala ivuliwe ngokusisigxina.
“Ngumwonyo omhle, kwaye ndiyavuya xa abantu bebuyela apha,” utshilo uZufar.” Eli lilitye elinqabileyo elifihliweyo eBoulder County.
Iqela lezenzululwazi lisebenze kunye nabasebenzi bokwakha ukubuyisela ngaphezu kwe-2 yeekhilomitha ze-St.
Amaqela okubuyisela aya kuzisa amatye kunye nokungcola okuhlanjwe ngaphantsi kwamanzi akhukula kwaye aphinde akhe iindawo ezonakalisiweyo ngokuqhekeza. umongameli wenkampani yokwakha umlambo iFlywater, ejongene nomsebenzi.
“Ukuba akukho nto yenziwayo malunga nomlambo, sibeka amandla kakhulu endleleni kwaye sibeka emngciphekweni womonakalo omkhulu,” utshilo u-Engen.
Iprojekthi yokubuyisela umlambo ixabisa malunga ne-2 yezigidi zeedola. Ukubumba le projekthi, iinjineli zixhomekeke kwilitye kunye nodaka esele likwi-canyon emva komkhukula, utshilo u-Stillwater Sciences ukubuyisela injineli uRae Brownsberger, owacebisa kule projekthi.
“Akukho nto ingenisiweyo,” utshilo.
Kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo, iqela libhale ukubuyiswa kwetrout emdaka kwi-creek. Iigusha ezinkulu kunye nezinye izilwanyana zasekhaya nazo zibuyile.
Kukwakho nezicwangciso zokutyala imithi engaphaya kwekhulu ngasemlanjeni kweli hlobo, nto leyo eza kunceda ukwakha umhlaba ongaphezulu wale ndawo.
Ngelixa itrafikhi yezithuthi isusiwe ukuba ibuyele kuHola we-7 kule nyanga, abakhweli beebhayisikile kuya kufuneka balinde de kube le mvula ifike endleleni ngenxa yemisebenzi eqhubekayo yokwakha.
Umhlali waseBoulder uSue Prant utyhale ibhayisekile yakhe yegrabile eholideyini nabahlobo abambalwa ukuyizama.
Lo hola wendlela yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yeendlela zebhayisikile zengingqi ezisetyenziswa ngabakhweli beebhayisikile ezindleleni. IPlant kunye namanye amalungu oluntu oluhamba ngeebhayisikile bakhuthaza ukuba amagxa abanzi abe yinxalenye yolwakhiwo ngokutsha, utshilo.
“Andiqinisekanga ukuba umnqantsa kangakanani na kuba kudala kakhulu,” watsho.” Ziikhilomitha ezi-6 kwaye yonke inyukile.
Abahlali abaninzi ababekhona bathi baneliseke ngokubanzi yinkangeleko yokugqibela yendlela, nangona ithathe iminyaka elithoba ukuba ibuyiselwe umphelo. i-St. Fran Canyon, i-CDOT yathi.
UBarnhart uthe uceba ukuchitha ubomi bakhe bonke kwikhaya awayelithenge kwiminyaka engama-40 eyadlulayo, ukuba indalo iyamvumela.
“Ndikulungele ukuzothula izinto,” watsho.” Yiyo loo nto ndifudukele apha kwasekuqaleni.”
Uyazibuza ukuba yintoni isihogo esiqhubekayo kule mihla, ngakumbi eColorado.Sinokukunceda ukuba uqhubeke.I-Lookout yincwadana ye-imeyile yemihla ngemihla yamahhala eneendaba kunye neziganeko ezivela kulo lonke elaseColorado.Bhalisa apha kwaye ndikubone kusasa kusasa!
Ikhadi lePosi laseColorado lisishwankathelo semeko yethu enemibala yesandi.Bachaza ngokufutshane abantu bethu kunye neendawo, izityalo nezilwanyana zethu, nexesha lethu elidlulileyo nelikhoyo kwiikona zonke zaseColorado.Mamela ngoku.
Kuthatha imini yonke ukuqhubela eColorado, kodwa siyakuyenza ngemizuzu.Incwadana yethu ikunika ukuqonda okunzulu komculo onefuthe kumabali akho kwaye uyakukhuthaza.