Hanyar jirgin kasa ta Otago ta tsakiya

Hanyar Jirgin Ƙasa ta Tsakiya ta Otago hanya ce mai tsawon kilomita 150 ta tafiya, hawa keke da hawa dawaki a Tsibirin Kudu na New Zealand. Wannan hanya ta jirgin ƙasa mai nasara ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar New Zealand Cycle Trail a shekarar 2012, inda ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka yi wahayi zuwa gare ta.  

Hanyar tana gudana ne a wani yanki tsakanin Middlemarch da Clyde, tare da hanyar tsohon layin dogo na Otago Central . Hanyar ta zama sanannen wurin jan hankalin masu yawon bude ido, tare da masu amfani da 10,000-12,000 a kowace shekara a matsayin kimantawa mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, kuma masu amfani da ita suna ƙaruwa kowace shekara (da kuma ci gaba) ga mutane 6 daga cikin shekaru 7 da suka gabata (kamar na 2011).   Hakanan ana karɓar hanyar a matsayin, ta babban gefe, babban abin da ke haifar da tattalin arziki wanda ba na noma ba a yankin Maniototo - Alexandra . 

 Tarihi 
An kammala layin dogo na asali a farkon karni na 20, kuma ya samar da hanyar haɗi tsakanin Central Otago da Dunedin har zuwa lokacin da aka rufe shi a watan Afrilun 1990. Jirgin 64 na farko kilomita daga mahadar Babban Layin Kudu a Wingatui har yanzu yana aiki; layin farko na 4 kilomita daga KiwiRail 's Taieri Industrial Siding da sauran 60 Kilomita ta cikin kwarin Taieri zuwa Middlemarch, kamfanin layin dogo na Dunedin ne ke gudanar da shi a matsayin wurin shakatawa na yawon bude ido. Ma'aikatar Kula da Kare Muhalli ta New Zealand ta fahimci cewa sauran hanyar zuwa Clyde tana da damar zama wurin shakatawa, kuma ta sayi wurin bayan an ceto layin dogo da wuraren kwana .

Tun daga lokacin, hanyar ta zama muhimmiyar alama ta yankin, misali, ta hanyar sha'awar da ƙungiyoyi da yawa suka nuna a wani taron bita na 2011, inda mutane 120 suka halarta don tattauna makomar hanyar, da kuma yadda za a ƙarfafa masu amfani su ci gaba da zama a yankin na tsawon lokaci. 

Nasarar hanyar layin dogo ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tabbatar da cewa aikin hanyar keke ta New Zealand ya sami nasarar samun kuɗi, kuma an ambace shi a matsayin misali na irin kayayyakin more rayuwa da Firayim Ministan New Zealand John Key zai samar. 

 Tafiya a kan hanya / keke 
Hanyar ta fara ne daga Middlemarch a gabas, ta zagaya arewa ta cikin kyakkyawan ƙauye na Strath Taieri da Maniototo ta ƙare a Clyde, a bakin Kogin Clutha . Ana iya yin tafiyar komawa zuwa Middlemarch ko Dunedin da ƙafa ko kuma ta hanyar keke a kan tsohon titin Dunstan mai tarihi, wanda masu haƙar zinare na farko ke amfani da shi don shiga Central Otago. Tana ratsa ƙasa mai buɗewa ba tare da isasshen masauki ko abinci ba tsakanin tasha ta yau da kullun. Masu amfani suna buƙatar su kasance masu dogaro da kansu tsawon yawancin rana.

Duk da haka, garuruwan yankin sun samar da wurare ga masu amfani da hanyar, kuma an ƙirƙiri kamfanoni don taimaka wa matafiya a kan hanyar, kamar jigilar kaya tsakanin wurare. Saboda ƙaruwar adadin mashaya da ake da su a kan hanyar, an kuma yi wa hanyar lakabi da 'Ale Trail'. 

Domin jin daɗin yanayin ƙasa, injiniyan da ke cikin ginin layin dogo da garuruwa da mutane a kan hanya, ya kamata a bar su su yi tafiya cikin kwana 5-7 ko kuma su yi keke na tsawon kwana 3-5.  Hanyar za ta fara ne da mita 201 (660) ft) sama da matakin teku a Middlemarch kuma yana hawa a mafi girman matsayi zuwa mita 618 (2,028) ft) tsakanin Ranfurly da Oturehua . A lokacin tafiyar, tana ratsa ramuka uku (Tunkunan Poolburn Gorge guda biyu da Tunnel na Prices Creek) da kuma manyan hanyoyin shiga da dama. Ana ba da shawarar kunna tocila (fitila) don ramukan. Ana kula da hanyar sosai kuma an sanya alama a jikinta. Ana samun bandakuna a wurare da dama kuma an fi bayyana su a matsayin masu sauƙi, an gina su ne don ba da damar jiragen ƙasa masu tururi su hau kan ƙananan gangara ko da a lokacin hunturu, tare da sanyi a kan layin dogo. 

Hanyar tana ratsawa ta cikin ƙananan garuruwa da dama ko kuma ta wuce. Ana iya hayar kekuna masu tsaunuka daga shaguna a Middlemarch, Ranfurly, Alexandra da Clyde. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan shagunan kekuna za su kuma samar da jigilar fasinjoji ga masu hawa da kekuna, kuma za su ɗauki kaya. Hanyar tana da shahara sosai, kuma ya kamata a yi booking masauki tun da wuri a lokacin da ake cike da mutane kamar dogayen ƙarshen mako da hutu.

Hanya ta ratsa ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan sassan New Zealand don samun yanayin nahiyar, tare da yanayin zafi mai tsanani. Yanayin zafin rana na tsakiyar lokacin rani yakan haura sama da , kuma hunturu na iya haɗawa da kwanaki gaba ɗaya tare da zafin jiki da ke ƙasa da wurin daskarewa. Wata matsala da aka sani a kan hanyar na iya zama iska mai ƙarfi da za ta iya tasowa daga tsaunukan da ke kusa a ƙarƙashin wasu yanayi, tana rage gudu ga masu hawa suna tafiya a hanya mara kyau zuwa rarrafe. 
Manajan hanyar, Otago Central Rail Trail Charitable Trust,  yana da gidan yanar gizo kuma yana buga wata takarda da ke ba da cikakkun bayanai game da hanyar, da kuma tallace-tallace ga kasuwancin da ke ba da sabis ga masu amfani da hanyar. Akwai cibiyoyin bayanai na baƙi a Alexandra, Cromwell, Roxburgh, Ranfurly da Dunedin. Ana iya siyan littattafai da yawa akan hanyar da kewaye a shagunan littattafai a duk faɗin New Zealand.

 Amfani / Kididdiga 
Masu amfani da hanya 10,000–12,000 suna amfani da hanyar a kowace shekara a matsayin kimantawa mai ra'ayin mazan jiya (14,000 a wasu kimantawa)  da kuma har zuwa 80,000 masu amfani da sassan sassan.  Sashen Poolburn Gorge shine mafi shahara, tare da masu amfani da kusan 24,000 a kowace shekara.  Ana ƙididdige masu amfani da hanyar ta amfani da na'urorin lantarki, tare da ƙididdige lambobin da ke wurare huɗu masu nisa don kimanta yawan amfani da hanyar, saboda ba duk masu hawa ke hawa cikakken hanyar ba. 

An nuna cewa masu amfani da hanyar sun kai kimanin kashi 9% na masu yawon bude ido, kashi 50% na matafiya masu zaman kansu (suna hayar keke) da kuma kashi 41% na 'yan New Zealand suna kawo kekunansu. 

Wani bincike na kasuwanci ya nuna cewa an yi amfani da wannan hanyar wajen tallafawa ayyukan yi na cikakken lokaci da na ɗan lokaci kusan 1,000,  da kuma ƙirƙirar ƙarin ayyuka 200 ko na ɗan lokaci. 

An kiyasta cewa kuɗin kulawa da haɓakawa na shekara-shekara na hanyar sun kai kusan dala $316,000. 

 Duba kuma 

 Hanyar Keke ta New Zealand (tsarin tafiya a faɗin New Zealand, wanda Hanyar Otago Central Rail Trail wani ɓangare ne na kuma wanda ya gabace ta)

 Manazarta 

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