BRUSSELS – I-European Investment Bank (EIB) isayine imali engu-€100 million ekuxhaseni ngezimali ukusekela uhlelo oluphelele lwesibhedlela i-Elisabeth-TweeSteden (ETZ) eTilburg, Netherlands. I-Euro engeziwe eyizigidi ezingu-15 inikezwa yibhange laseDashi i-BNG.
Isamba semali esingama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-115 izovumela i-ETZ ukuthi ithuthuke ngokugcwele indawo yayo yesibhedlela i-St. Elisabeth ezigabeni ezimbili ezinkulu eziqala ngo-2024 kuze kube ngu-2031.
“Lesi sivumelwano sibalulekile ukuze kufezeke lo msebenzi omusha wokwakha. Uxhaso olutholakele lusivumela ukuthi siqale ngesikhathi, ukuze iphrojekthi yethulwe ngo-2026,” kusho uGerard van Berlo, oyi-Boardmember ye-ETZ. “Siyakuthokozela ukunakekela nobungcweti obukhonjiswe ngu I-EIB kanye ne-BNG ekuletheni lezi zivumelwano. Ngakho-ke, siyaqiniseka ukuthi nge-EIB ne-BNG sinabalingani abathembekile nababalulekile ngasohlangothini lwethu. ”
Isigaba sokuqala sihlanganisa ukwakhiwa kwesikhungo esisha sokunakekela abagulayo esihlalisa umnyango wezimo eziphuthumayo, abagula kakhulu, indawo yokuhlala enophephela emhlane nokunye. Isigaba sesibili sizokwengeza imibhede yesibhedlela eyengeziwe, izinkundla zokuhlinza, i-radiology, imithi yenuzi, indawo yokupaka nezinye izinsiza.
IPhini likaMongameli we-EIB uRobert de Groot ugcizelele umgomo webhange wokuxhasa ngezimali amaphrojekthi athuthukisa izimpilo. “Umgomo we-EIB ukwenza ngcono izimpilo zabantu ngokwenza kutholakale uxhaso lwezimali lwesikhathi eside. Lo msebenzi ne-ETZ uyisibonelo esicacile salokho,” usho kanje.
“Akukhona nje ukuthi i-EIB iyakujabulela ukweseka i-ETZ emkhankasweni wayo oqhubekayo wokuletha usizo lwezempilo olungcono kakhulu endaweni lapho ebamba khona amanzi, kodwa futhi sikubheka njengokubaluleke kakhulu ukusebenza kahle kwemvelo kwezakhiwo ezintsha.”
I-ETZ izibekele imigomo yokusimama, izibophezela ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 ngama-50% ngo-2030 kanye nama-95% ngo-2050 uma kuqhathaniswa nesisekelo sango-2010. Izakhiwo ezintsha zizonciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okungaphansi kakhulu kwenani elilinganiselwe elingokomthetho ngenxa yezinyathelo ezinjengokuqeda ukushisisa kwegesi, ukungeza izibani ze-LED, ukuqinisa ukuvikela kanye nokuqoqa amanzi emvula.
Njengebhange lesimo sezulu laseYurophu kanye nombolekisi omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni, i-EIB igcizelela ukutshalwa kwezimali okugqugquzela ukusungula izinto ezintsha, ukusimama kanye nokubumbana kwesifunda. Lolu hlelo lokuvuselela isibhedlela se-ETZ luhlanganisa uhlobo lwephrojekthi yengqalasizinda yomphakathi ebalulekile efanele ukwesekwa yi-EIB.
Ukulungiswa okubanzi kuzothuthukisa ukulethwa kokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwe-ETZ ngenkathi iqinisa isikhundla sayo njengomholi kungqalasizinda yesibhedlela enekhabhoni ephansi, esebenza kahle kakhulu.
