Emoyeni obandayo wangoDisemba, indawo yokwamukela izivakashi engu-230,000-square-foot ohlangothini olusenyakatho ye-Reagan National Airport yayilungele abagibeli.Udonga lwangaphandle lubheke phezulu.Kwavuleka uphahla.Iphansi le-terrazzo licishe libe yinqaba.Kufakwe amabhuloho amasha angu-11 kwangu-14, kanti amathathu asele kulindeleke ukuthi afike maduze esuka eTexas.
Ngonyaka lapho ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus lucekele phansi imboni yezindiza, i-Project Journey, ebize u-$1 billion, iyindawo ekhanyayo engajwayelekile esikhumulweni sezindiza.Iqukethe izingxenye ezimbili: indawo yokwamukela izivakashi entsha kanye nendawo yokuhlola ezokuphepha enwetshiwe.Ikhokhwa ngezimali eziqoqwe kubagibeli bezindiza lapho kuthengwa amathikithi.
Ukuthuthukiswa kokuqala okukhulu kweNational eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amabili kuzoqeda inqubo enzima yokugibela esangweni 35X, edinga ukuqoqa abagibeli endaweni yokulinda esitezi sokuqala bese belayisha ukuze babayise endizeni Ebhasini lokuthutha.
Ngaphambi kokuthi kuqalwe ukwakhiwa ngo-2017, kuzokwenziwa imizamo yokwakha indawo entsha yokugcina indawo ezothatha indawo yezindawo eziyi-14 zokuhlala ngaphandle osekuyiminyaka eminingi zimile ebhodini lokudwetshwa.Kodwa-ke, ukuvulwa okulindelekile ngonyaka ozayo yisikhathi esingajwayelekile embonini yezindiza.
Lapho i-Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority igqashuka, ukugcwala kweNational Airlines kwanda.Isikhumulo sezindiza esithwala abagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-15 ngokuvamile siheha abagibeli abacishe babe yizigidi ezingu-23 unyaka ngamunye, okuphoqa izikhulu ukuba zithole izindlela ezintsha zokunikeza indawo yesikhungo sabagibeli.
U-Okthoba yinyanga yakamuva okutholwe ngayo izibalo.Isibalo sezindiza ebezisanda kudlula i-American Civil Aviation sidlule ku-450,000, uma siqhathaniswa nezigidi ezi-2.1 ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.Ngo-2019, isikhumulo sezindiza sathola abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-23.9.Ngokwezitayela zamanje, le nombolo ingaba ngaphansi kwesigamu sika-2020.
Izikhulu zithi noma kunjalo, ukwehla kwabagibeli kunezinzuzo: kwenza izikhulu zezindiza zisheshise zonke izici zalo msebenzi.Umsebenzi ngokuvamile okufanele uqedwe emini nasebusuku.URoger Natsuhara, iphini likamengameli omkhulu we-Airport Authority, uthe abasebenzi abaphoqwanga ukuthi bafake futhi bahlakaze imishini ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesiminyaminya sezindiza.
URichard Golinowski, iphini likamongameli wezokusekela ukusebenza kwabaphathi, wengeze wathi: “Empeleni kungcono kakhulu kunalokho ebesikulindele.”
Ngisho nomgomo, ochwepheshe abaningi abalindele ukuthi ukugcwala kwabagibeli kubuyele emazingeni angaphambi kobhubhane kungakapheli iminyaka emibili kuya kwemithathu, okungasho ukuthi ihholo elisha lizovulwa kundiza abantu abambalwa.
"Lokhu kusilungele," kusho uGolinowski.“Njengoba silindele ukwandisa isibalo samakhasimende, isikhathi sihle kakhulu.Singakwazi ukuqala ukusebenza futhi sijwayele uhlelo olusha. "
U-Xia Yuan uthe ngokusetshenziswa kabanzi kwemithamo yokugoma, abantu abaningi bazoqala ukuhamba futhi.
UNatsuhara uthe yize yaklanywa ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane, indawo yokwamukela izivakashi izoba yinto ephephile kubahambi ngoba abantu ngeke besagcwala emabhasini ukuze bagibele izindiza.
Indawo yokwamukela izivakashi esicishe iqedwe izoxhunywa ku-Terminal C futhi izoba namasango angu-14, indawo yokuphumula ye-American Airlines Admiral Club kanye namamitha-skwele angu-14,000 ezitolo nezitolo zokudla.Izindawo zokudlela okulindeleke ukuthi zibe kulesi sakhiwo esisha zifaka: i-Altitude Burger, iMezeh Mediterranean Grill kanye ne-Founding Farmers.Kuyaqhubeka ukwakhiwa kulezi zindawo.
Njengoba zizwela izikhalo ngomsindo wendiza yesikhumulo sezindiza, izikhulu ziye zaphawula ngokucophelela ihholo elisha njengendawo entsha yamasango angu-14 amabanga amade asetshenziswa isikhumulo sezindiza, kunokuba libe ukunwetshwa.
Ihholo ekuqaleni bekufanele livulwe ngoJulayi, kodwa lihlela ukuba “livuleke kancane” ngaphambi kwalolo suku.Kulindeleke ukuthi ikhishwe ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.
Le phrojekthi ihlanganisa nezindawo zokuhlola ezintsha zokuphepha, ezizofakwa kwesinye isakhiwo esibhekene ne-Terminal B kanye ne-Terminal C. Izikhulu zesikhumulo sezindiza ekuqaleni zazinethemba lokuvula indawo yokuhlola kulokhu kuwa, kodwa zahlangabezana nezinkinga zokwakha, ezibambezele isikhathi sokuvula.Isizathu sokubambezeleka kwaba isidingo sokuthutha izinsiza ezindala, izimo zenhlabathi ezingalindelekile, kanye nesisekelo nezakhi zesakhiwo sensimbi okwakudingeka zilungiswe.Izikhulu zithe isimo sezulu naso sinesandla.
Manje, lezi zindawo zokuhlola zihlelelwe ukuvulwa engxenyeni yesithathu ka-2021. Uma seziqediwe, inani lezindawo zokuhlola esikhumulweni sezindiza lizokhuphuka lisuka ku-20 liye ku-28.
Ukuvulwa kwebhilidi kuzoshintsha indlela abantu abahamba ngayo esikhumulweni sezindiza.Izindawo zokuhlola ezokuphepha ezazibekwe ngaphambili eHholo Lomhlangano Kazwelonke zizosuswa, futhi indawo evalwe ngengilazi (lapho okutholakala khona ukudla kwasolwandle kwaseFrance nezitsha zikapelepele zikaBen) ngeke zisavulelwa umphakathi.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-31-2020