Hampyeong Okdong and Suha Districts Selected as New Sites for Drainage Improvement Project

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Hampyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Lee Sang-ik) announced on the 9th that the Okdong and Suha districts in the region have been finally selected as new project sites for the drainage improvement project by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

The drainage improvement project is aimed at installing disaster prevention facilities such as drainage pumps, drainage channels, and drainage gates on farmland that is habitually flooded (over 50 hectares) to prevent crop flood damage in advance.

In Jeollanam-do, a total of 16 districts were selected as targets for this year's drainage improvement project, including 9 new project sites and 7 basic survey sites.

The newly selected Okdong and Suha districts in Hampyeong have repeatedly suffered flood damage due to the rise in water levels of Gomakwoncheon and insufficient cross-sectional area of drainage channels, causing significant damage and inconvenience to nearby residents every rainy season.

However, following their selection as a basic survey site in 2018 and as a new project site this year, the full project cost of approximately 6.4 billion KRW has been secured from national funds, providing relief.

The county plans to carry out reclamation projects including one drainage pump station, one drainage gate, drainage channels, and water channels over 53 hectares of farmland in Sangok-ri and Geumgok-ri, Daedong-myeon, and Suha-ri, Nasan-myeon with the secured project funds.

A county official stated, “We plan to start the detailed design service order this year and aim to issue the actual construction order early next year. Since this is a long-awaited project that greatly inconveniences residents, we will do our best to continuously coordinate with related ministries to ensure the project proceeds smoothly.”

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