Little Sugar Creek Greenway

**Little Sugar Creek Greenway** wani aiki ne na gyaran wurin shakatawa da rafuka a gundumar Mecklenburg, North Carolina .  Idan aka kammala shi, zai kunshi hanyoyi masu nisan mil ashirin da hanyoyin tafiya da aka shimfida daga Cordelia Park a arewacin garin Charlotte, sannan kudu zuwa tsakiyar garin Charlotte, sannan ya ci gaba har zuwa layin jihar South Carolina .  Little Sugar Creek Greenway muhimmin bangare ne na Cross Charlotte Trail (XCLT) kuma wani bangare ne na Carolina Thread Trail, wata hanyar sadarwa ta yankuna daban-daban da ke ratsa kananan hukumomi 15. 

Greenways ƙananan filayen ƙasa ne, an dasa su kuma an sami damar samar da wurin shakatawa na ɗan adam da namun daji. Greenways a gefen rafuffuka, kamar Little Sugar Creek, suna inganta ingancin ruwa kuma suna taimakawa wajen shawo kan ambaliyar ruwa. Akwai kimanin mil 37 na hanyoyin kore da aka haɓaka a gundumar Mecklenburg, wanda wannan ɗaya ne kawai. 

Shugaban Kwalejin Al'umma ta Central Piedmont, Tony Zeiss, ne ya jagoranci sassan birane biyu na Little Sugar Creek Greenway, kuma tare da haɗin gwiwar akwai hanyoyin tafiya mai nisan mil biyar daga East 7th Street zuwa kudu zuwa Brandywine Road.  

## Tarihi

### Little Sugar Creek
Ba kamar sauran manyan birane ba, Charlotte ba ta kan teku, tafki, ko wani babban kogi ba; yanayin ruwanta ya dogara ne akan ƙananan rafuffuka da rafuka, Little Sugar Creek wataƙila shine mafi shahara. Sunan Little Sugar Creek (wanda kuma ake kira Sugar Creek, sunan da aka yi amfani da shi ga abin da ake kira Irwin Creek yanzu) ya samo asali ne daga ƙabilar Sugaree 'yan asalin yankin. 

Bayan sun ratsa wasu tsoffin unguwannin Charlotte, bayan lokaci sassan Little Sugar Creek sun ɓoye ta gidaje, masana'antu, wuraren ajiye motoci, riprap, manyan hanyoyi, da magudanar ruwa.  Kogin ya kuma gurɓata sosai sakamakon kwararar ruwa daga masana'antu da magudanar ruwa, da kuma shara. 

Kwanan nan a shekarar 2000, Little Sugar Creek ita ce "rafi mafi gurɓatawa a Charlotte-Mecklenburg, wani miyar datti mai ƙazanta da sharar masana'antu ke kwarara a ƙarƙashin benen ajiye motoci da gine-gine a gefen gari."  Kasuwanci suna zubar da shara kai tsaye cikin ruwanta, hayakin ya yi muni sosai har aka ce yana cire fenti daga gine-ginen da ke kusa.  Bugu da ƙari, dole ne a lalata gine-ginen da ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa, kuma yawancin rafin an rufe shi da siminti wanda dole ne a cire shi.  An fara magance matsalar gurɓatawa lokacin da aka haramta amfani da bututun shara kai tsaye a shekarar 1998; duk da haka Little Sugar Creek Greenway ta zama mafi tsada wajen gyara rafi a gundumar Mecklenburg. 

### Hanyar Greenway
A shekarar 1968, ɗan majalisar birnin Charlotte, Jerry Tuttle, wanda aka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi daga San Antonio's River Walk, ya gabatar da shawarar gina "tekun Charlotte" a garin Sugar Creek.  A shekarar 1974, Hukumar Kula da Wuraren Shakatawa da Nishaɗi ta Gundumar Mecklenburg ta fara nazarin yuwuwar tsarin hanyar kore. An ƙirƙiri babban tsari a shekarar 1980 wanda ya ƙunshi rafuka 20 da rafuka. Rahoton ƙarshe ya dogara ne akan takardar digiri na biyu ga Joan Sigmon, ƙwararren masanin ilimin ƙasa a Jami'ar North Carolina da ke Charlotte .  Kwamishinan gundumar Mecklenburg, Tom Ray, shi ma ya gabatar da ra'ayin tsarin hanyar kore mai cikakken tsari wanda aka sani da "Sugar Creek Projection 70" ya gabatar. 

Alƙaluma sun ƙara ƙarfafa gwiwa wajen kiyaye sararin kore a tsakiyar birnin. Bayan wannan yanayi na yau da kullun, Charlotte ta sami ci gaba a tsakiyar birnin yayin da sauran biranen ke rasa yawan jama'a a yankunan karkara. Sakamakon haka, "Sashen Wuraren Shakatawa da Nishaɗi na Gundumar Mecklenburg ya fara wani gagarumin sabuntawa ga shirin Greenways na farkon shekarun 1980 da 1991 ba wai kawai don faɗaɗa da ƙirƙirar sabbin hanyoyin kore ba, har ma don inganta hanyoyin da aka kafa." 

A ƙarshe, a shekarar 1999 an amince da tsarin bayar da lamuni; an yi amfani da kuɗin wajen siyan kadarori a gefen rafin, fara gina ko hanyoyin tafiya a kan titin da aka shimfida, gyara wuraren dausayi, gina lambunan ruwa, da kuma ƙaddamar da babban aikin gyara rafuka. A ƙarshe, ɓangaren birane na Little Sugar Creek Greenway ya ci dala miliyan 43.  

Duk da cewa babban shirin ya ci gaba da kasancewa jagora, amma ba a yi komai ba har zuwa shekarar 2000 lokacin da aka tsara shirin ci gaba na shekaru 10. 

Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta North Carolina ta sanar da kammala aikin layin dogo na Little Sugar Creek Greenway a wani biki da aka yi a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 2012. 

## Ayyuka

* Tun daga shekarar 2011, ana gudanar da bikin *Kings Drive Art Walk* na shekara-shekara a kan titin kore tsakanin Midtown Park da Morehead Street. Yana ɗauke da masu fasaha da masu sana'a kuma ana gudanar da shi a ƙarshen watan Afrilu. 
* Kowace Alhamis da yamma, farawa daga ƙarshen Afrilu, MetLive tana gabatar da *Music on the Greenway* a kan dandamalin Metlive da ke kusa da ita a 1224 Metropolitan Avenue. 
* Shahararren *Kasuwar Manoma ta Kings Drive*, wacce aka buɗe daga Afrilu zuwa Oktoba, tana kusa da titin kore a titin S Kings Drive da E Morehead. 

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