I-NMBM yazisa abachaphazelekayo ngomsebenzi omkhulu we-IPTS oqhubekayo.
UMasipala waseNelson Mandela Bay ungenelela elona phulo liphambili lokuhlaziya i-INkqubo yezoThutho yoLuntu eDityanisiweyo (Integrated Public Transport System) yeebhasi ezaye zasuswa endleleni ngo-Agasti kunyaka ophelileyo ngeenjongo zokuphucula ukhuseleko, ukuthembeka kunye nokufikeleleka kwenkonzo kuluntu lwase-NMB.
Emva kweenyanga zocwangciso kunye neenkqubo zokuqukumbela zobonelelo, iLungu leKomiti kaSodolophu weeNdlela noThutho eNMBM, uCllr Bradley Murray uye waye kutyelelo ngoLwesibini, umhla wesixhenxe kuMeyi 2024, ukuze ahlole umsebenzi oqhubekayo ngoku kunye nokubonelela ngohlaziyo kubahlali abachaphazelekayo.
Ngenyanga yeThupha kulo nyaka uphelileyo, sithathe isigqibo sokukhupha iibhasi ezimbini ezishiyekileyo ebezisendleleni emva kokuba sifumanise ukuba azikho semgangathweni wokuba zihambe ngendlela, sineebhasi ezingamashumi amabini anesihlanu ze-IPTS kwaye siza kuzilungisa zonke. Namhlanje sibonisa kwaye sihlaziya abahlali ngomsebenzi osele wenziwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ibhasi enye igqityiwe.”
“Singene kwikhontrakthi yakwaVolvo eyathatha ixesha, kwaye ngoku bayazilungisa kwaye bazigcine kakuhle iibhasi zethu, ibiyibhasi yokuqala engenileyo kwaye basebenze umsebenzi omhle kakhulu, bayilungise yonke ukusuka kwizihlalo ukuya kumavili. Iqhosha ngalinye ebhasini liyasebenza ngoku kwaye sinochulumanco, sineebhasi ezimbini ezingakumbi kwindawo yokusebenzela kwaye siceba ukuthatha iibhasi ezine zokuya kwindawo yokusebenzela ekupheleni kwale veki,” utshilo uMMC Murray.
I-MMC icele intsebenziswano phakathi kwabachaphazelekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba inkonzo isebenza ngokupheleleyo kwakhona. Uthe iMetro ikwakwiphulo lokuthenga iibhasi ezingamashumi amabini ukunyusa izinga lezithuthi ezikhoyo.
“Ezi ndlela zikhoyo zizakuhlala zinje ngoku, sithetha-thethana noshishino lweeteksi kwaye kuneziqhamo ezihle ukuba sivule neendlela zaKwaNobuhle naseKariega,” wongeze watsho uMMC Murray.
Umsebenzi wokuhlaziya uquka uphuculo olubanzi kunye nophuculo olufana ne-injini kunye nokutshintshwa kothumelo, ukuphuculwa kweenkqubo zokunqunyanyiswa kunye neziqhoboshi zokukhwela kakuhle kunye nokhuseleko olwandisiweyo kunye nokufakelwa kobuchwepheshe bokhuseleko bamvanje, kubandakanya iinkqubo zokuthintela ukungqubana kunye nokukhanyisa okuphuculweyo.
Umnini-zabelo we-IPTS, uChristian King uthe abaxhamli bayaluvuyela uphuhliso lwamva nje kwaye baza kuwaxhasa amaphulo eMetro.
“Siyavuya kakhulu ngongenelelo lukamasipala, sinayo yonke imibutho ejikeleze itafile enye ngoku ukuzama ukulungisa le meko sijonge ukuba singayenza njani inkqubela yokwandisa inkqubo eKariega nakwezinye iindawo,” utshilo uKumkani.
“Eyona nto iphambili kuthi isekukhuseleko lwabakhweli. Zonke iibhasi ezihlaziyiweyo ziyavavanywa kwaye zihlolwe ngokungqongqo ukuqinisekisa ukuba ziyahlangabezana okanye ziyayigqitha imigangatho yokhuseleko lweshishini.
Sinendawo entsha yokuhlala kunye noyilo lwangaphakathi lokuthuthuzela abakhweli kunye nokufikeleleka. Amanye amanyathelo okhuseleko abandakanya imigaqo yokhuseleko ehlaziyiweyo kunye neenkqubo ezingxamisekileyo zokukhusela abakhweli, oku kukwathetha nokulungiswa kweerempu zezitulo zabakhubazekileyo kunye neendawo ezikhethiweyo zokuhlala ukuze kuhlaliswe abakhweli abakhubazekileyo. Sibongoza uluntu lwethu ukuba lube nomonde kuthi njengoko sisakha ngokutsha inkqubo ukuze ikhuseleke kwaye izinzile,” itshilo i-MMC.