City Gas Supply to Bucheon Okryeon District by the End of Next Year

Installation work of city gas supply pipes
[Photo provided by Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] It is expected that city gas supply will become available in the Okryeon district of Bucheon City, Gyeonggi Province, starting from the end of next year.

The city announced on the 10th that it began the Okryeon district city gas pipeline support project at the end of last month.

The Okryeon district, located between Bucheon Okgil district, Seoul Hang-dong district, and Gwangmyeong Okgil-dong, has been excluded from the city gas supply area due to the boundaries of other regions and a railway site owned by the Ministry of National Defense.

Initially, the city planned to supply city gas by crossing the Yeokgokcheon stream within the Okgil district near Yeokgokgyo Bridge as part of the '2020 Gyeonggi-do City Gas Pipeline Support Project,' but the Ministry of National Defense did not permit the use of the railway site, causing difficulties in project implementation.

Subsequently, after persistent efforts such as changing the pipeline construction direction by finding a riverbed site owned by the city, the city began pipeline installation work for city gas supply by crossing the Yeokgokcheon stream near Yeokgok 7-gyo Bridge at the end of last month.

The construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of next year, and the city aims to supply 100% city gas to all residents of the Okryeon district by additionally installing city gas pipelines in connection with the upcoming road construction project in the Okryeon district.

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