I-HEB Construction, iikontraka ezakha isango elitsha lokungena kwizibuko lase-Ōpotiki, kungekudala liza kuqalisa ukuvula umjelo phakathi kweendonga ezimbini zolwandle.
I-Pakihikura Harbour kunye nommandla ojikeleze umlomo we-Waioeka River uya kuvalwa kuzo zonke iinqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa (ngaphandle kwe-Coastguard) ukususela namhlanje, ukwenzela ukuba imisebenzi kunye nokuchithwa okuqhubekayo kunokugqitywa ngokukhuselekileyo.
Umlawuli weprojekthi, uJohn Galbraith, uthe iqela lisebenze ngokusondeleyo neBay of Plenty Harbourmaster kunye neCoastguard ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lomntu wonke kwezi veki zizayo.
"Ukususela ngoMvulo, i-24 kaJulayi, ukufikelela kwesikhephe emanzini avulekileyo akusayi kufumaneka kwiiveki ezimbalwa njengoko iqela liqala inkqubo yokuvula ngokukhawuleza umjelo phakathi kweendonga zolwandle," kusho uGalbraith.
Kwakhona, uMnu Galbraith wongezelela ukuba umsebenzi uya kuqhubeka nokuvula ngokupheleleyo umlambo phakathi kweendonga zolwandle kwaye uvale ngokukhawuleza umlomo womlambo okhoyo usebenzisa isitokhwe esikhulu sesanti.
“Zininzi izinto eziya kumisela ukuba ijelo eliphakathi kweendonga zolwandle liya kukwazi ukuvula nini ukuba lisetyenziswe ngumntu wonke kwaye sisenokungayazi loo mhla kusekude kakhulu.Iprojekthi ayizugqitywa ngokupheleleyo kude kube sekuqaleni kuka-2024, kodwa silindele ukuba sikwazi ukonwabela inqanaba lezikhephe zokuqala ezidlula emsantsa nje ngo-Agasti. ”