Hurumende yeSt. Tammany Parish (LA) ichachera Pearl River Navigational Canal pedyo neWest Pearl River, zvichitevera kupihwa mvumo kubva kuUS Army Corps of Engineers.
"Iri rinoratidza zuva rakareba uye rakanaka kune vafambi vedu vezvikepe, vabati vehove nevavhimi paRwizi rweWest Pearl," akadaro Mutungamiri weParish Mike Cooper."Kwemakore, vagari vedu vaive vasina mukana wekuenda kuWest Pearl River kubva kuLock #1 nekuda kwekuzara kwetsvina mugero."
Dhipatimendi reMabasa eVazhinji rakatanga kuchenesa mugero kuti upe rubatsiro rwechinguva kumuromo wePearl River Navigational Canal.
Makondirakiti ari kupedzisa hurongwa hwekutanga chirongwa chenguva refu chemadhora 2.2 miriyoni, icho chinosanganisira kudonhedza nekudzikamisa mabhanga kudzikamisa kuwanda kwevhu.
Ichi chirongwa hachingovhuri mukana wekuenda kuWest Pearl River, asiwo chinoita kuti ive yakachengeteka kune vedu vanofamba nechikepe.
"Yedu Marine Unit yakangogumira pakushandisa zvikepe zvidiki zvakafuratira nekuda kwemvura isina kudzika muchikamu cherwizi," Sheriff Randy Smith akadaro."Dzimwe nguva-kunyanya kudzika kwenzvimbo iyi kazhinji kunosiya isingasviki tsoka yemvura, zvinoda kuti vafambisi vedu vezvikepe vamhanye mundege vachifambisa zvine njodzi vari pasi pemiti yakadzikira nemapazi pavanenge vachipindura mishoni yekutsvaga nekununura pachikamu icho cheWest Pearl. Rwizi.”
Kuve nenzvimbo iyoyo yakacheneswa kunobvumira Hofisi yeSheriff kuve nezvimwe zviwanikwa zvekupindura kune avo vagari vanoshaya uye nekukurumidza zvakanyanya.
Mumavhiki anouya, vafambisi vezvikepe vachakwanisawo kuvhura kubva kuNorth Lock #1 chikepe kutanga nekuda kwemari kubva kuGulf yeMexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA).
Kuedza uku ndechimwe chezvirongwa gumi nematanhatu zveGOMESA zveSt. Tammany Parish zvinopa mikana yekutandara, kuchengetedzwa kwemahombekombe uye kuwedzera kusimba kumahombekombe eParish yedu.