Yeonggwang-gun Promotes 'Coastal Erosion Prevention Project' at Duuri Beach

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong] Jeollanam-do Yeonggwang-gun (Governor Kim Junsung) announced on the 23rd that it will promote a 'Coastal Erosion Prevention Project' at Duuri Beach in Yeomsan-myeon, an area affected by coastal erosion.

The coastal erosion prevention project is a nationally subsidized erosion control project to prevent coastal erosion caused by waves, with the project cost composed of 70% national funds, 15% provincial funds, and 15% county funds.

The project site, Duuri Beach in Yeomsan-myeon, has been an area experiencing continuous sand loss due to typhoons and swell waves.

This place is also where the county planted pine trees called 'Haesong' on the sandbar to create a coastal disaster prevention forest that protects crops from seawater.

The county invested a total project cost of 250 million KRW, including 175 million KRW of national funds, to maintain a total coastline length of 106 meters.

Additionally, the project installed a breakwater from the end of the existing breakwater, where scouring was ongoing, to the point where sand loss stops, expecting to prevent sand loss and erosion.

Park Jeonghyun, Director of the Forestry and Park Division, said, “We will continue to do our best to conserve the land and protect residents' lives and property from natural disasters through erosion control projects.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.