Oceanside, CA - Ulawulo lwe-Federal Transit Administration (i-FTA) kutsha nje linike iSithili seNorth County Transit District (NCTD) i-1.2 yezigidi zeedola ukuxhasa ukuthengwa kweebhasi zombane ezikhutshiweyo ukuze kutshintshwe iibhasi zedizili kwiinqanawa ze-NCTD.
Ngokwibhodi yezixhobo zomoya yaseCalifornia, icandelo lezothutho linika iipesenti ezingama-39 zayo yonke igesi ephuma kwigreenhouse (GHG) eCarlifonia. EMazantsi eCarlifonia ipesenti yokukhutshwa kwe-GHG kwicandelo lezothutho liphezulu kakhulu. Ukongeza, uphononongo lwakutsha nje lubonakalise ukuthotywa komgangatho womoya eSan Diego County, kufikelela kwinqanaba le-American Lung Association's grade yangoku "F" kumgangatho womoya we-2016 kunye ne-2017 "State of the Air" iingxelo. Ukuthathela ingqalelo ukuba uthutho ngowona mthombo uphambili wokukhutshwa kwe-GHG kwaye sisixhobo esibalulekileyo ekunciphiseni oko kuphuma, kuyaqondakala ukuba izithuthi ezicocekileyo ezihamba phambili kunye nezibaso ziyafuneka ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwepetroleum, ukufezekisa imigangatho yomgangatho womoya, ukuphucula impilo yoluntu, kunye nokufezekisa Injongo yokunciphisa igesi.
Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, i-NCTD ibisebenza ukuseka ubuhlakani bukarhulumente kunye nababucala ukuxhasa ukuphunyezwa kwetekhnoloji yeebhasi ezikhutshayo. NgeNtwasahlobo ka-2017, i-NCTD yaseka isivumelwano esingazibopheleliyo neSan Diego Gas kunye noMbane (SDG & E) exhasa ukufakwa kwesindululo kwiKhomishini yeNkonzo kaRhulumente yaseCalifornia (CPUC) eya kuthi ixhase ukufakwa, ukusebenza, kunye nolondolozo lwezixhobo zokutshaja I-NCTD. Isindululo ngoku silindelwe kwi-CPUC kwaye isigqibo silindeleke kwikota yokuqala ye-2019.
Iprojekthi ye-NCTD ibiyenye yeeprojekthi ezili-139 kwilizwe liphela apho i-FTA ikhethe njengenxalenye yenkqubo yesibonelelo sokukhuphisana phantsi kweNkqubo ye-FTA yeeBhasi kunye neZibonelelo zeBhasi yoTyalo-mali. I-FTA ifumene izicelo ezingaphezu kwama-450 kwaye yanikezela ngemali eyi- $ 264.4 yezigidi.
"Eli bhaso linyathelo eliphambili elijolise kwizithuthi ezilunge ngakumbi kwindalo esingqongileyo," utshilo uMatthew Tucker, uMlawuli oLawulayo we-NCTD. “Kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, i-NCTD yaqala ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa ngokutshintsha uninzi lweebhasi zethu zeBREEZE ukusuka kwidizili ukuya kwi-gesi yendalo exineneyo; ngoku, sizakusebenzela ukubandakanya itekhnoloji yebhasi yokungabikho zero kwizithuthi zethu zokutshintsha nokwandisa. ”
Ukongeza ibhaso le-FTA kunye nezixhobo ezinokubakho ezichazwe kwisivumelwano phakathi kwe-NCTD kunye ne-SDG kunye ne-E, i-NCTD inethamsanqa lokuba ibe ngumamkeli weNkqubo yokuSebenza kweCarbon Transit (LCTOP). I-LCTOP yasekwa yiNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yase-California ngo-2014 yi-Senate Bill 862 ukubonelela ngoncedo olusebenzayo kunye ne-capital kwii-arhente zohambo ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi engcolileyo kunye nokuphucula ukuhamba. I-NCTD iqikelelwa ukuba ifumane i-1,610,043 ye- $ (ixhomekeke kwintengiso yekhabhoni yekhredithi) kwiimali ze-LCTOP kwaye iphakamisa iBhodi yabaLawuli be-NCTD kwintlanganiso yeBhodi ka-Epreli 2018 ukuba imali isetyenziselwe ukuthengwa kweebhasi ezintlanu zokuphuma.
Kwiinyanga ezizayo, i-NCTD izakuqala izifundo zokuvavanya izithuthi ezikhutshiweyo ezisemarikeni, kuvavanye iindlela zebhasi ze-NCTD ezinokusebenzisa iibhasi ezintsha, kwaye ichonge ukuphuculwa kwesibonelelo esifunekayo ukuxhasa ukusebenza kwebhasi yokungabikho. Ubambiswano ne-SDG & E kunye nenkxaso mali evela kwi-LCTOP kunye ne-FTA kudityaniswe nenkxaso-mali eyonyukayo yezothutho evela kwi-Senate Bill 1 iya kwenza ukuba i-NCTD ixhase ukuphunyezwa kweebhasi ezingangcolisi eziya kuthi zixhase injongo ye-NCTD yokubonelela ngenkonzo yothutho ekhuselekileyo, ethembekileyo nefanelekileyo.
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Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga neprojekthi ye-SDG kunye ne-E, Cofa apha.
