Ixesha elisikiweyo lokuvula ikhonkco likaloliwe laseStellenbosch lityhiliwe iinyanga ezimbini

I-Metrorail izakuqhuba kwakhona ekupheleni kukaFebruwari

Umzila waseStellenbosch kulindeleke ukuba uvulwe ekupheleni kukaFebruwari emva kweminyaka uvaliwe, ngokokutsho kweMetrorail.

AbakwaMetrorail bawuchithile umhla obekiweyo ngeenyanga ezimbini emva kokuthembisa ukuba lo mzila osuka eStellenbosch uzakuphinda uqalise ukuphela kuka-2023.

Xa iGroundUp ityelele isikhululo saseStellenbosch eDu Toit ngoDisemba, iziporo zikaloliwe zazigqunywe ngamatyholo kunye nobutyobo. NgoLwesibini, xa sasityelele kwakhona, uninzi lwamatyholo nobutyobo babususiwe.

Izikhululo zikaloliwe ezibini eStellenbosch – iDu Toit neStellenbosch – bezicocekile kwaye zihlaziyiwe, bekungekho zimpawu zokonakalisa, izakhiwo bezitshixiwe, kwaye zozibini izitishi bezinamagosa ezokhuseleko aphethe izikhululo.

UManejala obambeleyo kwiNgingqi uRaymond Maseko uthe iMetrorail “iwulungisile owona monakalo mkhulu” kwaye ngoku isikhululo saseStellenbosch sifuna ukucoca.

NgoJulayi uMetrorail wathi iikhontrakthi zeentambo zeStellenbosch neStrand zanikezelwa “ukubuyisela uthungelwano lombane” kwaye umsebenzi uyaqhubeka. Inkonzo kaloliwe esuka eStrand yaphinda yaqala ngoNovemba ka-2023.

UMaseko uthe isicwangciso sokubuyisela umzila waseStellenbosch salibaziseka emva “kokukhukuliseka kwenxalenye enkulu yomzila” ngexesha lezikhukula ngoSeptemba kwaye oku kuyalungiswa.

Iinkonzo zikaMetrorail ziye zaqala ngokuthe ngcembe ukusukela oko wawayo ngexesha lokuvalwa kwe-Covid ngenxa yobusela nokonakaliswa kwempahla. Umgca waseMazantsi wavulwa ngokuyinxenye ngoJulayi ka-2020 kwaye waqala ukusebenza kakhulu ngoJanuwari ka-2022, nangona oololiwe bembalwa kakhulu kuneminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo. Umda waseMantla uqalise ngokuyinxenye kwiinkonzo ngoMatshi ka-2022 kwaye wavulwa ngakumbi ngoJanuwari ka-2023.

I-Central Line iphinde yavulwa ngoMatshi ka-2023 emva kokuba ivaliwe iminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu. Kodwa iindawo ezinkulu zayo zihlala zivaliwe.

IGroundUp ipapashe amabali achaza ukuwa kweMetrorail kwakudala phambi kokuba kumiswe iinkonzo ngexesha leCovid.