Hanyar Dunedin Tunnel

Hanyar Dunedin Tunnel hanya ce ta  da aka gabatar hanyar tafiya da keke ta raba a Otago, New Zealand, wacce aka buɗe a wani ɓangare. Za ta haɗa garin Mosgiel da tsakiyar birnin Dunedin . Hanyar za ta bi tsohuwar hanyar layin dogo ta zamanin Victoria tsakanin Wingatui da Caversham, wacce ke ɗauke da ramukan dogo guda biyu na tarihi: Tashar Chain Hills da Tashar Caversham.

Hanyar tana samar da hanyar haɗi mai faɗi, wacce ba ta kan hanya ba tsakanin wasu unguwannin Dunedin, ciki har da Fairfield, Abbotsford, Green Island, da Burnside . 

 Tarihi 
An gina tsarin layin dogo na asali a shekarun 1870 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Babban Layin Kudu. Bayan buɗe sabon layin dogo mai layuka biyu a shekarar 1910, an dakatar da aikin hanyoyin Chain Hills da Lookout Point (Caversham) a shekarar 1911. 

An kafa Kamfanin Dunedin Tunnels Trail Trust don gyara waɗannan ramukan da kuma mayar da hanyar zuwa wani kadara na nishaɗi da na masu yawon buɗe ido. Duk da cewa an ƙi aikin da farko don samun kuɗaɗen ƙasa a farkon 2024 saboda canje-canje a cikin manyan abubuwan da gwamnati ta fi mayar da hankali a kansu, ya sami babban ci gaba a watan Nuwamba na 2025 lokacin da Gwamnatin New Zealand ta sanar da tallafin dala miliyan 2 ta hannun Ma'aikatar Kasuwanci, Kirkire-kirkire da Aiki (MBIE) don tallafawa ci gaban matakai na 2 da 3.  

 Matakan gini 
Ana ci gaba da aikin a matakai biyar daban-daban:

 Mataki na 1 - Ramin Chain Hills: Wannan sashe mai tsawon kilomita 1.5 yana gudana daga Titin Gladstone ta Arewa a Wingatui ta hanyar Ramin Chain Hills. Ya ƙunshi gyare-gyare masu yawa na tubali, shigar da haske, da kuma sabon saman tsakuwa. An buɗe wannan matakin ga jama'a a hukumance a watan Disamba na 2025. 

 Matakai na 2 & 3 - Wingatui zuwa Burnside: An shirya fadada hanyar ta Fairfield da Abbotsford zuwa Green Island. Ana sa ran kammala ginin zai fara ne daga tsakiyar shekarar 2027. 

 Matakai na 4 & 5 - Burnside zuwa Caversham: Waɗannan matakai na ƙarshe sun haɗa da ratsa kwarin Kaikorai da kuma gyara ramin Caversham. Mataki na 5, wanda Majalisar Birnin Dunedin ke kula da shi, yana buƙatar rage kayayyakin more rayuwa (gas, ruwa, da wutar lantarki) a cikin ramin. Ana sa ran kammala cikakken hanyar kilomita 15 a shekarar 2028. 

 Siffofi 

 An tsara hanyar ne don ta kasance mai sauƙin isa ga masu amfani da kowane zamani da ƙwarewa. Manyan fasaloli sun haɗa da:

 Kare Gado: Maido da tsarin gine-ginen layin dogo na zamanin Victorian.

 Haɗin kai: Haɗa kai da babbar hanyar sadarwa ta Otago, gami da hanyar Otago Central Rail Trail da Clutha Gold Trail . 

 Tsaro: Hanyar da ba ta kan hanya ba gaba ɗaya tare da hasken wuta da shinge a kan tsoffin hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa. "Project Overview". Dunedin Tunnels Trail Trust. Retrieved 5 January 2026.

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