A watan Satumba, kusan mako guda bayan da ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya ya afkawa jihar, dubban jama'ar Colorado sun tilastawa barin gidajensu. Sakamakon ambaliyar ruwa da zabtarewar laka ta kashe mutane 10. Barnhardt ya tuna ya ga motoci da gidajen makwabta suna ta zagaya ta kamar kayan wasan yara a kusa da gidansa da ke kusa da St. Vrain Creek.
Yanzu, kusan shekaru tara bayan haka, kogin da ke gefensa ya warke sosai.An cika facin na Colorado Highway 7 da aka wanke. Masana kimiyya sun gina wani sabon tsarin dausayi wanda aka tsara don jure wa ambaliyar ruwa a nan gaba.
Mazauna irin su Barnhardt sun sami nutsuwa cewa mazugin ginin ya ɓace.
"Ba ma bukatar masu rakiya kawai don zuwa da dawowa gida," in ji shi da murmushi." Kuma a zahiri za mu iya fita daga titin mu."
Mazauna da jami'ai daga Sashen Sufuri na Colorado sun hallara a ranar Alhamis don murnar sake buɗe babbar hanyar 7 tsakanin Lyon da Estes Park gabanin ranar tunawa da ƙarshen mako.
Da take jawabi tare da mahalarta taron, daraktan yankin CDOT Heather Paddock, ta ce gyaran babbar hanyar ita ce ta karshe cikin ayyuka daban-daban sama da 200 da jihar ta yi tun bayan ambaliyar ruwa.
"Game da yadda jihohi ke saurin murmurewa daga bala'o'i irin wannan, sake gina abubuwan da aka lalata tsawon shekaru tara na da matukar muhimmanci, watakila ma da tarihi," in ji ta.
Fiye da birane da kananan hukumomi 30 daga Lyon zuwa Gabas mai Nisa zuwa Sterling sun ba da rahoton ambaliyar ruwa mai tsanani a yayin taron.CDOT ta kiyasta cewa ta kashe fiye da dala miliyan 750 a kan gyaran hanyoyi tun lokacin. Kananan hukumomi sun kashe miliyoyin daloli.
Nan da nan bayan ambaliya, ma'aikatan sun mayar da hankali kan gyare-gyare na wucin gadi ga hanyoyin da suka lalace kamar Babbar Hanya 7. Faci na taimakawa hanyoyin sake buɗewa, amma sun sa su zama masu rauni ga mummunan yanayi.
St. Vrain Canyon shine na ƙarshe akan jerin abubuwan kulawa na dindindin na CDOT saboda yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙanƙantar hanyoyin da jihar ke sarrafa a kan Front Range.Yana haɗa Lyon zuwa Estes Park da ƙananan ƙananan tsaunin kamar Ellens Park da Ward. Kimanin motoci 3,000 ne suka wuce. ta wannan hanyar kowace rana.
Paddock ya ce "Al'ummar da ke nan za su fi amfana da wannan sake budewa." Hakanan babbar hanyar shakatawa ce.Yana hawan keke da yawa kuma da yawa daga cikin ’yan fashin kuda sun zo nan don amfani da kogin.”
Gyaran dindindin na Babbar Hanya 7 ya fara ne a watan Satumba, lokacin da CDOT ya rufe shi ga jama'a. A cikin watanni takwas tun lokacin, ma'aikatan sun mayar da hankali kan kokarinsu a kan titin mil 6 na titin wanda ya fi lalacewa da ambaliyar ruwa.
Ma'aikata sun sake farfado da kwalta da aka shimfida akan titin yayin gyare-gyaren gaggawa, sun kara sabbin hanyoyin tsaro a kafadu tare da tona sabbin ramukan duwatsu, da dai sauran gyare-gyaren da suka rage.Sauran alamun lalacewar ambaliyar ruwa su ne alamun ruwa a bangon rafin.
A wasu yankuna, direbobin na iya ganin tarin kututturan bishiya a kusa da titin.Jagoran injiniyan farar hula na CDOT a kan aikin, James Zufall, ya ce ma'aikatan gine-gine na iya buƙatar aiwatar da wasu hanyoyin rufe hanya ɗaya a wannan bazarar kafin su gama aikin. hanya, amma za ta kasance a buɗe har abada.
"Kyakkyawan canyon ne, kuma na ji dadin dawowar mutane a nan," in ji Zufar.
Tawagar masana kimiyya sun yi aiki tare da ma'aikatan gini don dawo da fiye da mil 2 na St. Vrain Creek. Kogin kogin ya canza sosai a lokacin ambaliya, yawan kifin ya ɓace, kuma amincin mazaunan ya biyo baya.
Ƙungiyoyin maidowa za su shigo da duwatsu da datti da ambaliyar ruwa ta wanke tare da sake gina sassan da suka lalace sosai. An tsara samfurin da aka gama don ya zama kamar gadon kogin na halitta yayin da yake jagorantar ruwa na gaba daga sabuwar hanya, in ji Corey Engen. shugaban kamfanin gina kogin Flywater, wanda ke da alhakin aikin.
"Idan ba a yi wani abu game da kogin ba, muna sanya karfi sosai a kan hanya kuma muna yin kasada sosai," in ji Engen.
Aikin dawo da kogin ya kai kimanin dala miliyan 2. Don tsara aikin, injiniyoyi sun dogara da dutse da laka a cikin kwarin bayan ambaliyar ruwa, in ji Injiniya Restoring Sciences Rae Brownsberger, wanda ya ba da shawara kan aikin.
"Babu wani abu da aka shigo da shi," in ji ta. "Ina tsammanin yana ƙara ƙimar haɓakar muhalli gaba ɗaya."
A cikin 'yan watannin da suka gabata, tawagar ta tattara bayanan dawo da yawan kifin kifi zuwa rafi.Bighorn tumaki da sauran dabbobin gida suma sun dawo.
Haka kuma ana shirin dasa itatuwa sama da 100 a bakin kogin a wannan bazarar, wanda hakan zai taimaka wajen gina saman yankin.
Yayin da aka kawar da zirga-zirgar ababen hawa don komawa babbar hanya ta 7 a wannan watan, masu tuka keken za su jira har zuwa wannan faɗuwar su shiga hanyar saboda ayyukan gine-ginen da ake yi.
Mazauna Boulder Sue Prant ta tura keken tsakuwa a hutu tare da wasu abokai don gwada shi.
Wannan babbar hanya wani muhimmin bangare ne na hanyoyin kekuna na yanki da masu tuka keke ke amfani da su. Shuka da sauran membobin kungiyar masu keken keke sun ba da shawarar cewa kafadu masu fadi su kasance cikin sake ginawa, in ji ta.
"Ban tabbatar da girmansa ba saboda ya dade sosai," in ji ta." Yana da nisan mil 6 kuma duk yana kan tudu."
Yawancin mazauna wurin sun ce gaba daya sun gamsu da yadda hanyar ta kasance ta karshe, duk da cewa an dauki shekaru tara kafin a gyara ta har abada. Akwai mutane kasa da 20 a yankin mai nisan mil 6 da aka shafe watanni takwas na rufe hanyar. da St. Fran Canyon, CDOT ya ce.
Barnhart ya ce yana shirin kashe sauran rayuwarsa a gidan da ya saya shekaru 40 da suka gabata, idan yanayi ya ba shi damar.
Ya ce: “Na shirya yin shiru ne kawai.” Shi ya sa na koma nan da farko.”
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