Changwon Special City Anticipates Resolution of Frequent Flooding in Sinpo-dong Area

Sinpo (Cheoksan) District Comprehensive Flood Damage Living Area Improvement Project Final Selection ... Secured 31 Billion KRW in National and Provincial Funds

On the 26th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam announced that the Sinpo (Cheoksan) District Flood and Wind Disaster Living Zone Comprehensive Maintenance Project has been finally selected.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Song Jong-gu] Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam announced on the 26th that the Sinpo (Cheoksan) district flood disaster living zone comprehensive maintenance project was finally selected as part of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's '2023 Flood Disaster Living Zone Comprehensive Maintenance Project,' securing 31 billion KRW in national and provincial funds.

The Sinpo (Cheoksan) district, the project target area, is a disaster-vulnerable area urgently requiring disaster prevention projects due to frequent flooding causing significant human and property damage during typhoons such as Typhoon Maemi in 2003 and Typhoon Sanba in 2012, as well as during heavy rains. This project is expected to play a major role in strengthening disaster prevention by resolving flood damage.

The Sinpo (Cheoksan) district flood disaster living zone comprehensive maintenance project is a comprehensive disaster prevention project that includes 1.2 km of river maintenance, expansion and establishment of one drainage pump station each, and improvement of 1.8 km of stormwater drainage pipes. The detailed design service started in 2023, and the project is scheduled to be completed in 2026.

In particular, the city secured a total project cost of 41.5 billion KRW, including 20.7 billion KRW in national funds (50% subsidy rate) and 10.3 billion KRW in provincial funds (25% subsidy rate), significantly reducing the city's financial burden while strengthening the foundation for enhanced disaster prevention.

The flood disaster living zone comprehensive maintenance project is a project that comprehensively and collectively maintains areas where large-scale damage from natural disasters is expected, rather than implementing single projects by individual central government departments. The Sinpo (Cheoksan) district was selected as the first project for this initiative.

The city plans to actively discover other high-risk areas requiring projects and secure national and provincial funds to promote the flood disaster living zone comprehensive maintenance project.

Yoon Deok-hee, Director of the Citizen Safety Division, said, "The selection of this project has become an opportunity to take the lead in protecting citizens' lives and property by implementing a comprehensive disaster prevention project in areas with high human casualty risks," adding, "We will do our best to actively promote disaster prevention projects so that citizens can live their daily lives more safely."

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