UKhomishana wamaPhoyisa kanye noBugebengu we-Surrey Lisa Townsend uthole imali ecishe ibe yi-£175,000 kuxhaso lukahulumeni ukusiza ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha kwabesifazane namantombazane endaweni yaseWoking.
Uxhaso lwezimali 'lweMigwaqo Ephephile' luzosiza Amaphoyisa ase-Surrey, uMkhandlu wase-Woking Borough kanye nabanye ozakwethu bendawo ukuthi baqinise izinyathelo zokuphepha endaweni eseceleni ye-Basingstoke Canal ngemva kokufaka isicelo ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
Kusukela ngoJulayi 2019 kube nezigameko eziningi zokuvezwa kanye nezigameko ezisolisayo kubantu besifazane namantombazane amancane endaweni.
Le mali izongena ekufakeni amakhamera e-CCTV engeziwe kanye nezimpawu eduze kwendlela yezinyawo yomsele, ukususwa kwamahlamvu nemidwebo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukubonakala kanye nokuthengwa kwamabhayisikili ama-E amane ukuze agade umphakathi kanye namaphoyisa eduze nomsele.
Iwashi eliqokiwe lendawo ye-canal lakhiwe amaphoyisa endawo, abizwa ngokuthi “Canal Watch” futhi ingxenye yoxhaso lwe-Safer Streets izosekela lolu hlelo.
Kuyingxenye yomjikelezo wakamuva woxhaso lwe-Safer Streets lweHhovisi Lasekhaya olubone cishe u-£23.5m okwabelwana ngaso kulo lonke elase-England nase-Wales ngamaphrojekthi okuthuthukisa ukuphepha kwabesifazane namantombazane emiphakathini yasendaweni.
Ilandela amaphrojekthi angaphambilini e-Safer Streets e-Spelthorne nase-Tandridge lapho uxhaso lusize khona ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha nokunciphisa ukuziphatha okuphambene nomphakathi e-Stanwell nokubhekana namacala okugqekeza e-Godstone nase-Bletchingley.
UKhomishana wamaPhoyisa noBugebengu uLisa Townsend uthe: “Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi sithuthukisa ukuphepha kwabesifazane namantombazane eSurrey kungenye yezinto engizibeke eqhulwini ngakho-ke ngiyajabula ngokuthi sithole lolu xhaso olubalulekile lwephrojekthi eWoking.
“Ngesonto lami lokuqala ehhovisi emuva ngoMeyi, ngajoyina ithimba lamaphoyisa lendawo ngaseBasingstoke Canal ukuze ngizibonele mathupha izinselelo abanazo zokwenza le ndawo iphephe ukuze isetshenziswe yiwo wonke umuntu.
“Ngokudabukisayo, kube nezigameko eziningi zokuchayeka okungafanele ezibhekiswe kwabesifazane namantombazane abasebenzisa umzila waseWoking.
“Amathimba ethu amaphoyisa asebenze kanzima nozakwethu bendawo ukubhekana nalolu daba. Ngethemba ukuthi lolu xhaso olungeziwe luzosiza kakhulu ekusekeleni lowo msebenzi futhi luzosiza ekwenzeni umehluko wangempela emphakathini wakuleyo ndawo.
“I-Safer Streets Fund iwuhlelo oluhle kakhulu lweHhovisi Lezasekhaya futhi kwangijabulisa kakhulu ukubona lo mjikelezo wokuxhasa ngezimali ugxile ekuthuthukiseni ukuphepha kwabesifazane namantombazane ezindaweni esihlala kuzo.
“Lolu wudaba olubaluleke kakhulu kimina njenge-PCC yenu futhi ngizimisele ngokuphelele ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ihhovisi lami liyaqhubeka nokusebenzisana namaphoyisa aseSurrey kanye nozakwethu ukuthola izindlela zokwenza imiphakathi yethu iphephe nakakhulu kuwo wonke umuntu.”
USergeant Woking Ed Lyons uthe: “Siyajabula ukuthi lolu xhaso lutholakele ukuze lusisize ukubhekana nezinkinga esibe nazo ngokuchayeka ngendlela engafanele emgwaqeni we-Basingstoke Canal.
"Besisebenza kanzima ngemuva kwezigcawu ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi imigwaqo yaseWoking iphephile kuwo wonke umuntu, okuhlanganisa ukusebenzisana nezinhlaka esisebenzisana nazo ngokwethula inqwaba yezinyathelo zokuvimbela ukuthi kungenzeki amanye amacala, kanye nokwenza imibuzo eminingi khomba lowo onecala futhi uqinisekise ukuthi ulethwe enkantolo.
“Lolu xhaso lwezimali luzothuthukisa umsebenzi esivele siwenzile futhi luhambe ibanga elide ekwenzeni imiphakathi yakithi ibe yindawo ephephile yokuba kuyo.”
UCllr Debbie Harlow, Ophethe Iphothifoliyo Yezokuphepha Komphakathi kuWoking Borough Council uthe: “Abesifazane namantombazane, kanye nawo wonke umuntu emphakathini wethu, banelungelo lokuzizwa bephephile, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusemigwaqweni yethu, ezindaweni zethu zomphakathi noma ezindaweni zokungcebeleka.
“Ngiyasamukela isimemezelo salolu xhaso lukahulumeni olubalulekile oluzohamba ibanga elide ekuhlinzekeni ngezinyathelo zokuphepha ezengeziwe eduze kwe-Basingstoke Canal towpath, ngaphezu kokusekela uhlelo oluqhubekayo lwe-'Canal Watch'."