Sancheong-gun Promotes Construction of Ecological Tunnel Connecting Jirisan and Ungseokbong

Restoration Project Utilizing Geographical Features to Be Promoted for Three Years Starting from 2022

Planned Site for Ecological Tunnel Construction at the Summit of Bammeorijae on National Route 59 [Image Source=Sancheong-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The "Baekdudaegan Ecological Axis Restoration Project," which aims to revive the ecological axis of Jirisan Mountain, also known by the alias "Duryusan (頭流山)"?a mountain flowing down from Baekdusan?is being promoted.

Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 7th that it will carry out the Baekdudaegan Ecological Axis Restoration Project, connecting Jirisan National Park, Korea's first national park, and Ungseokbong County Park, over three years from 2022 to 2024.

This project is part of the "2022 Forest Restoration" initiative implemented by the Korea Forest Service. It was established to restore the Baekdudaegan forest ecological axis, which was damaged during the Japanese colonial period or severed during industrialization and modernization processes.

The Korea Forest Service selected five sites for next year's project, including Sancheong-gun, Jangsu-gun, Boseong-gun, and two locations in Jecheon-si.

With the selection of Sancheong-gun for this "Baekdudaegan Ecological Axis Restoration Project," the county secured a project budget of 5.8 billion KRW from national and local funds and plans to construct an ecological tunnel near the summit of Bammeorijae in Honggye-ri, Samjang-myeon.

Lee Jae-geun, the mayor of Sancheong-gun, stated, "Our county is currently promoting various forest resource protection projects centered on Jirisan, where about 1,000 species of mountain medicinal herbs grow naturally. This Bammeorijae ecological tunnel construction project is in the same context," adding, "We will create an ecological tunnel connecting the broken ridgelines of Jirisan and Ungseokbong and strive to establish an ecosystem as similar as possible by using native plants from the area."

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