UNobhala Wezokuthutha wase-US u-Elaine L. Chao namuhla umemezele ukuthi uMnyango uzoklomelisa izigidi ezingu-$986 zengqalasizinda yezindiza ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezingu-354 ezifundazweni ezingu-44 nasePuerto Rico naseMicronesia. Lesi yisabelo sesihlanu sesamba semali engu-$3.18 billion I-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Uxhaso lwe-Airport Improvement Program (AIP) lwezikhumulo zezindiza kulo lonke elase-United States.
“Amaphrojekthi wengqalasizinda axhaswe yilezi zibonelelo azothuthukisa ukuphepha, athuthukise ukuhamba, adale imisebenzi futhi anikeze ezinye izinzuzo zezomnotho emiphakathini yendawo,” kusho uNobhala Wezokuthutha wase-US u-Elaine L. Chao.
Amaphrojekthi akhethiwe ahlanganisa ukwakhiwa kabusha kwemigwaqo yezindiza kanye nokuvuselelwa, ukwakhiwa kwezindawo zokucisha umlilo, ukunciphisa umsindo, ukuncishiswa kwesisi esikhishwa yizintuthwane, nokulungiswa kwemigwaqo yamatekisi, amaphinifa kanye namatheminali. Ukwakhiwa kanye nezinto zokusebenza ezisekelwa yile mali kukhulisa ukuphepha kwesikhumulo sezindiza, amandla okubhekana nezimo eziphuthumayo, namandla, futhi kungasekela ukukhula komnotho kanye nentuthuko esifundeni ngasinye sezindiza.
Ingqalasizinda yesikhumulo sezindiza e-United States, enezikhumulo zezindiza ezingu-3,332 kanye nemigwaqo yezindiza egandayiwe engu-5,000, isekela ukuncintisana kwethu kwezomnotho futhi ithuthukisa izinga lokuphila. Ngokohlaziyo lwakamuva lwezomnotho lwe-FAA, izindiza zomphakathi zase-US zenza u-$1.6 trillion emisebenzini yezomnotho isiyonke futhi zisekela imisebenzi ecishe ibe yizigidi eziyi-11. Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaNobhala Chao, uMnyango uletha ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-AIP kubantu baseMelika, abancike engqalasizinda ethembekile.
Izikhumulo zezindiza zingathola inani elithile lemali yokufaneleka ye-AIP unyaka ngamunye ngokusekelwe kumazinga omsebenzi nezidingo zephrojekthi. Uma izidingo zabo zephrojekthi enkulu zidlula izimali zabo zokufaneleka ezitholakalayo, i-FAA ingangezelela amalungelo abo ngoxhaso lokuzikhethela.
Eminye yemiklomelo yezibonelelo ihlanganisa:
• ISikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe SaseBurlington eVermont, amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-16 - izimali zesibonelelo zizosetshenziselwa ukwakha kabusha i-Taxiway G.
• I-International Falls Airport e-Minnesota, i-$15.9 million - umnikazi wesikhumulo sezindiza uzosebenzisa isibonelelo ukuze akhe kabusha i-Runway 13/31.
• I-Grant County International Airport e-Washington, i-$10 million - umnikazi wesikhumulo sezindiza uzokwakha kabusha i-Runway 14L/32R.
• Isikhumulo sezindiza sikaMasipala wase-Kenai e-Alaska, amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-6.5 - uxhaso luzoxhasa ukwakhiwa kwesikhungo sokuhlenga izindiza kanye nesikhungo sokuqeqesha ukulwa nomlilo.
• I-Lake Elmo Airport e-Minnesota, $1.2 million - uxhaso luzoxhasa ukwakhiwa kabusha kwe-Runway 14/32 kanye ne-Taxiway B.
• Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-Philadelphia e-Pennsylvania, amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-13.4 - izimali zizosetshenziselwa ukwakha kabusha i-Taxiway K.
• I-Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport eMaryland, u-$3.4 wezigidi - uxhaso luzosetshenziselwa ukuvuselela i-Taxiway A kanye nephinifa lokuthwala umoya ukuze kugcinwe ubuqotho endleleni egandayiwe.
• I-St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport e-Florida, i-$19.7 million - isikhumulo sezindiza sizolungisa i-Runway 18/36.
• I-St. Louis Lambert International Airport e-Missouri, i-$1,532,711 - ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE), izimali zizosetshenziselwa ukufaka amayunithi amane omoya ane-pre-conditioned namandla aphansi ukuze kuncishiswe ukungcola esikhumulweni sezindiza.
• Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-San Francisco e-California, amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-6.4 - izimali zizonciphisa umsindo esikhumulweni sezindiza ngokufaka izindlela zokunciphisa umsindo ezindaweni zokuhlala ezithintwa umsindo wesikhumulo sezindiza.
• I-University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport e-Oklahoma, amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-5.1 - izimali zizosetshenziselwa ukuvuselela iTaxiways C, D, ne-E.
