"Ngokutshala imali ekwenzeni iBaltimore Penn Station ibe yesimanje, i-Amtrak ifuna ukuguqula indawo emaphakathi neBaltimore ibe isizinda sezokuthutha sesifunda esizohlinzeka ngezinto ezintsha nokuxhumana kwezokuthutha," kusho uMongameli we-Amtrak kanye ne-CEO uRichard Anderson. "Lo msebenzi uyingxenye yemizamo eqhubekayo ye-Amtrak yokuthuthukisa ulwazi lwamakhasimende nokukhulisa izitimela zabagibeli."
I-Amtrak isifinyelele esiphethweni sezentengiselwano se-Baltimore Penn Station ngokwenza Isivumelwano Sokuthuthukisa Esiyingcweti nabakwaPenn Station Partners ukuze kuthuthukiswe futhi kwandiswe isiteshi esiyingqopha-mlando. I-Amtrak ihlela ukutshala imali efinyelela ezigidini ezingama-90 zamaRandi ekuthuthukiseni isiteshi esiyingqopha-mlando njengengxenye yesivumelwano, okuhlanganisa ukunwetshwa nokuthuthukiswa kwesimanje ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nokukhula kwabagibeli futhi kuthuthukise kakhulu ulwazi lwamakhasimende.
Ukuzikhandla okuhlela nokuthuthukiswa bekuqhubeka kusukela ngoJanuwari 2018, kulandela isimemezelo sika-Amtrak sabakwa-Penn Station Partners njengonjiniyela okhethiwe we-Baltimore Penn Station. Ubambiswano lonjiniyela olusekelwe e-Baltimore luholwa yi-Beatty Development Group kanye ne-Cross Street Partners, kanye nethimba lasekhaya nelamazwe ngamazwe lezinkampani zokuhlela eziqeqesheke kakhulu, ukuklama, nezokwakha. I-Penn Station Partners yakhethwa ngenqubo yokuncintisana yokuthengwa kwempahla esekelwe esiphakamisweni sabo, nokuzibophezela ekusebenzisaneni ne-Amtrak kanye neDolobha lase-Baltimore ukuze kuguqulwe le ndawo ibe ihabhu elinezimo eziningi elinesiteshi somlando esikhungweni sayo.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngokuthi i-Amtrak kanye ne-Penn Station Partners bathathe isinyathelo esilandelayo esibalulekile sokuqinisekisa ukuthi i-Penn Station ekugcineni ingafinyelela amandla ayo aphelele - futhi ngijabule kakhulu ukuzwa ukuthi i-Amtrak izoba nemali enkulu ukusekela ukuvuselelwa kwalesi sakhiwo esiyingqophamlando saseBaltimore, ” kusho uKhongolose u-Elijah E. Cummings. “Ngizoqhubeka nokusebenzisana eduze ne-Amtrak, i-Penn Station Partners, kanye nawo wonke umphakathi wase-Baltimore ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi le phrojekthi ikhombisa izinto eziza kuqala endaweni yethu, idala amathuba ezinkampani zasendaweni eziyidlanzana kanye nabanikazi besifazane, futhi yenza i-Penn Station ibe yinto ekhangayo. isango kanye nenjini yezomnotho yeDolobha lethu.”
I-Amtrak kanye ne-Penn Station Partners njengamanje bathuthukisa i-Vision Plan yesiteshi nezindawo ezizungezile ze-Amtrak ngokubambisana nababambiqhaza bendawo kanye nomphakathi, olubizwa. Next Stop Baltimore Penn Station.
"Lona wuhlelo olubalulekile lwedolobha lase-Baltimore futhi okumele silulungise," kusho uMichael Beatty, uMongameli weBeatty Development Group. “Kubalulekile ukuthi sihlale sibambisene nomphakathi futhi sithole imibono yawo. Umhlangano wokuqala womphakathi ngoJulayi 2018 usinikeze impendulo ewusizo kakhulu, enokuqonda. Sibheke ngabomvu ukubamba imihlangano yomphakathi eyengeziwe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo njengoba sekufinyelelwe esivumelwaneni sezohwebo.” UBill Struever, Uthishanhloko we-Cross Street Partners, wengeze ngokuthi “Sifuna i-Penn Station ethuthukisiwe iqashwe ngabahlali basendaweni ngaphezu kwabagibeli nabasebenzi bakwa-Amtrak.”
Isigaba sokuqala somsebenzi wengqalasizinda kaloliwe e-Baltimore Penn Station sihlanganisa ukulungiswa kwenkundla ekhona ukuze ibuyiselwe emsebenzini kanye nokwakhiwa kwenkundla eyengeziwe. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, vakashela I-BaltimorePennStation.com.
Uhlaka lwentuthuko kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwendawo yesiteshi e-Baltimore kuzosebenzisa ingqalasizinda eyengeziwe Yomhubhe waseNyakatho-mpumalanga kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamandla, okuhlanganisa nomzamo omusha wokwandisa ujantshi we-Amtrak wesivinini esiphezulu oqhubekayo njengamanje. Le phrojekthi iphinde igcwalise okuqhubekayo Ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Amtrak eNew York Penn Station; ukuvula iHholo Lesitimela elisha laseMoynihan eNew York; kanye nokuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo kweziteshi eChicago, Washington, DC nasePhiladelphia.
