Uljin-gun Begins Landfilling for East Coast's First 'Marine Healing Center' Site... 34 Billion KRW Invested

4.3 Hectares Site in Wolsong-ri, Pyeonghae-eup ... Completion in 2024

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Uljin-gun, Gyeongbuk Province (Governor Jeon Chan-geol) announced on the 11th that it will begin site preparation for the Marine Healing Center to be built in the Wolsong-ri area of Pyeonghae-eup starting this year.

The Uljin Marine Healing Center will be constructed on a site of approximately 43,000㎡ with a total project cost of 34 billion KRW, including 17 billion KRW in national funds. The center will have one basement floor and two above-ground floors. As the first marine healing center to be established on the East Coast, it will be equipped with an R&D center and recreational experience facilities.

This project has been undergoing administrative procedures such as detailed design for civil engineering and architectural fields and changes and decisions on the Wolsong Recreation Area management plan since passing the local finance central investment review in November 2020.

Uljin-gun is currently smoothly importing fill soil, having secured about 150,000㎥ of extracted aggregate necessary for site preparation from the Pyeonghae Namdaecheon disaster recovery project area in consultation with Gyeongbuk Province.

In addition, land compensation negotiations for 36 parcels of incorporated land are proceeding smoothly, and the plan is to complete the import of fill aggregate by the end of next month, according to Uljin-gun. The Uljin Marine Healing Center is scheduled for completion in 2024.

An official from Uljin-gun stated, "We are making multifaceted efforts to establish a successful center by developing specialized operational plans such as healing experience programs utilizing local marine resources and productization of brine groundwater."

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