Idaho, USA. Mwana wake wamkazi ataphedwa pomwe galimoto idagunda pamalo achitetezo mu 2016, Steve Amers adapanga cholinga chake cholemekeza kukumbukira kwake poyang'ana malo achitetezo ku United States. Mokakamizidwa ndi Ames, dipatimenti ya zamayendedwe ku Idaho idati ikuyang'ana masauzande achitetezo m'boma kuti atetezeke.
Pa November 1, 2016, Aimers anamwalira mwana wake wamkazi wazaka 17, Hannah Aimers, pamene galimoto yake inagunda kumapeto kwa njanji ya alonda ku Tennessee. Alonda aja anapachika galimoto yake ndi kumupachika.
Ames adadziwa kuti china chake chalakwika, kotero adasumira wopanga pamapangidwewo. Ananenanso kuti nkhaniyi yafika "pamapeto okhutiritsa". (Zolemba za m’khoti zikusonyeza kuti panalibe umboni wosonyeza kuti mpanda umene unagunda galimoto ya Hannah unaikidwa molakwika.)
"Ndikufuna kuonetsetsa kuti palibe amene ali ngati amene ndimadzuka naye tsiku lililonse chifukwa ndine kholo la mwana wakufa wolumala ndi mpanda," adatero Ames.
Adalankhula ndi andale komanso atsogoleri amayendedwe ku US kuti awonetsetse malo okhala ndi mipanda omwe mwina sangayikidwe bwino. Zina mwa izo zimatchedwa "mipanda ya Frankenstein" chifukwa ndi mipanda yomangidwa kuchokera kumagulu osakaniza omwe Ames akuti amapanga zilombo m'mphepete mwa misewu yathu. Anapeza njanji zina zoikidwa mozondoka, kumbuyo, zokhala ndi mabawuti osowa kapena olakwika.
Cholinga choyambirira cha zotchinga chinali kuteteza anthu kuti asatsetsereka m'mipanda, kugunda mitengo kapena milatho, kapena kuyendetsa m'mitsinje.
Malinga ndi Federal Highway Administration, zotchinga zowononga mphamvu zimakhala ndi “mutu wonjenjemera” womwe umatsetsereka pachotchingacho ikagunda galimoto.
Galimotoyo imatha kugunda chotchinga cham'mutu ndipo mutu womwe umakhudzidwawo unawongolera chotchingacho ndikuchiwongolera kutali ndi galimotoyo mpaka galimotoyo idayima. Ngati galimoto ikugunda zitsulo pamtunda, mutu umaphwanyanso mlonda, ndikuchepetsa galimoto kumbuyo kwa njanji.
Ngati sichinatero, guardrail akhoza kuboola galimotoyo - mbendera yofiira ya Ames, monga opanga guardrail akuchenjeza za kusakaniza ziwalo kuti apewe kuvulazidwa kwakukulu kapena imfa, koma izo sizichitika.
Trinity Highway Products, yomwe tsopano imadziwika kuti Valtir, inanena kuti kulephera kutsatira machenjezo a magawo osakanikirana kungayambitse "kuvulala kwakukulu kapena imfa ngati galimotoyo ikuwombana ndi dongosolo lomwe silinavomerezedwe ndi Federal Highway Administration (FHA)".
Miyezo ya guardrail ya Idaho Transportation Department's (ITD) imafunanso kuti ogwira ntchito akhazikitse ma guardrail motsatira malangizo a wopanga. Machitidwewa adayesedwa ndikuvomerezedwa ndi Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
Koma atafufuza mosamala, Ames adati adapeza "zotchinga 28 zamtundu wa Frankenstein" motsatira Interstate 84 ku Idaho kokha. Malingana ndi Ames, mpanda pafupi ndi Boise Outlet Mall unayikidwa molakwika. The guardrail ku Caldwell, mtunda wa makilomita ochepa kumadzulo kwa Interstate 84, ndi imodzi mwa njira zotetezera kwambiri zomwe Aimers adawonapo.
"Vuto ku Idaho ndi lalikulu komanso lowopsa," adatero Ames. “Ndinayamba kuona zitsanzo za soketi za wopanga wina zomwe zimayikidwa ndi njanji ya wopanga wina. Ndidawona malekezero ambiri a Utatu pomwe njanji yachiwiri idayikidwa mozondoka. Nditayamba kuona zimenezi, n’kuona mobwerezabwereza, ndinazindikira kuti zimenezi n’zovuta kwambiri.”
Malinga ndi mbiri ya ITD, anthu anayi ku Idaho adamwalira pakati pa 2017 ndi 2021 pomwe galimoto idagunda pamalo otsekera, koma ITD idati palibe umboni wangozi kapena malipoti apolisi kuti chotchingacho ndichomwe chidawapha.
"Wina akalakwitsa zambiri, tilibe kuyang'anira, kuyang'anira ITD, palibe maphunziro kwa okhazikitsa ndi makontrakitala. Ndi zolakwika zodula kwambiri chifukwa tikukamba za njira zodula zotchinga,” adatero Eimers. "Tiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti zida izi, zogulidwa ndi misonkho ya boma kapena federal aid, zidayikidwa bwino. Kupanda kutero, tikubera madola mamiliyoni ambiri chaka chilichonse ndikuchititsa ngozi m’misewu.”
Ndiye Ames anachita chiyani? Adaumiriza dipatimenti yowona zamayendedwe ku Idaho kuti iyendetse ma terminals onse m'boma. ITD inasonyeza kuti ikumvetsera.
Woyang’anira zoulutsa nkhani ku ITD a John Tomlinson wati pakadali pano nthambiyi ikuchita kafukufuku m’boma lonse la mipanda yonse.
"Tikufuna kuwonetsetsa kuti adayikidwa bwino, kuti ndi otetezeka," adatero Tomlinson. “Nthawi zonse zikawonongeka kumapeto kwa njanji yoteteza, timaonetsetsa kuti zaikidwa bwino, ndipo ngati zawonongeka, timazikonza nthawi yomweyo. Tikufuna kukonza. Tikufuna kuwonetsetsa kuti ali otetezedwa bwino. ”
M'mwezi wa Okutobala, ogwira nawo ntchito adayamba kukumba mozama kuposa ma 10,000 achitetezo omwe amwazikana pamtunda wopitilira 900 wamakilomita m'misewu yaboma, adatero.
Tomlinson anawonjezera kuti, "Ndiye tiwonetsetse kuti wosamalira athu ali ndi njira zoyankhulirana zoyenera kuti apereke izi kwa okonza, makontrakitala ndi wina aliyense chifukwa tikungofuna kuti zikhale zotetezeka."
Meridian's RailCo LLC yachita mgwirizano ndi ITD kukhazikitsa ndi kukonza njanji ku Idaho. Mwiniwake wa RailCo Kevin Wade adati zigawo za njanji za Frankenstein zikadasakanizidwa kapena kuyikidwa molakwika ngati ITD sinayang'ane ntchito yokonza antchito awo.
Atafunsidwa chifukwa chomwe adalakwitsa poyika kapena kukonza mpanda, Tomlinson adati zitha kukhala chifukwa chakusautsa.
Kufufuza mipanda masauzande ambiri ndi kutha kuikonza kumatenga nthawi ndi ndalama. ITD sidzadziwa mtengo wokonza mpaka zinthuzo zitamalizidwa.
"Tiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti tili ndi ndalama zokwanira," adatero Tomlinson. "Koma ndikofunikira - ngati imapha kapena kuvulaza kwambiri anthu, timasintha zonse zofunika."
Tomlinson adawonjezeranso kuti akudziwa za "maofesi anthambi" omwe "akufuna kusintha" ndipo apitiliza kuwerengera misewu yonse ya boma m'miyezi ikubwerayi.
Iye ananenanso kuti sankadziwa kuti mankhwala omalizirawa sangagwire bwino ntchito pa ngoziyi.
KTVB idalumikizana ndi Idaho Gov. Brad Little za izi. Mlembi wake atolankhani, Madison Hardy, adati Little akugwira ntchito ndi Nyumba Yamalamulo kuti athetse mipata yachitetezo ndi phukusi la ndalama zoyendera.
"Kulimbikitsa chitetezo ndi kutukuka kwa anthu a ku Idahoan kumakhalabe kofunika kwambiri kwa Bwanamkubwa Wamng'ono, ndipo zomwe amaika patsogolo pazamalamulo a 2023 zikuphatikiza ndalama zoposa $ 1 biliyoni pakusungitsa chitetezo chatsopano komanso chopitilira," adatero Hardy mu imelo.
Pomaliza, Ames apitilizabe kugwira ntchito ndi aphungu ndi dipatimenti yoona zamayendedwe polemekeza mwana wake wamkazi, kuyang'ana mipanda, ndikuyimbira aliyense amene angathandize.
Ames sanangofuna kuthetsa vuto la zotchinga zoopsa, ankafuna kusintha chikhalidwe chamkati cha dipatimenti yoyendetsa galimoto, kupanga chitetezo kukhala chofunika kwambiri. Akugwira ntchito kuti apeze chitsogozo chomveka bwino, chogwirizana kuchokera ku dipatimenti yamayendedwe aboma, FHA, ndi opanga mipanda. Akugwiranso ntchito kuti opanga awonjezere "mbali iyi" kapena zolemba zamitundu ku machitidwe awo.
"Chonde musalole kuti mabanja aku Idaho akhale ngati ine," adatero Ames. "Musalole kuti anthu azifera ku Idaho."
Nthawi yotumiza: Jul-24-2023