Miryang City Selected for Ministry of Environment's 235 Billion KRW Public Project ... Miryanggang Integrated River Project 추진

Planned site for the Miryang River Integrated River Maintenance Project in Miryang-si, Gyeongnam. [Image source: Miryang City Hall]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Wook] Miryang City in Gyeongnam was finally selected on the 23rd in the contest for the “Flood-Safe Regionally Customized Integrated River Project” hosted by the Ministry of Environment.

The “Regionally Customized Integrated River Project” is a newly attempted project by the Ministry of Environment to integrate management in areas such as flood control, water quality, and ecology, considering recent climate change and regional conditions.

The city applied for the contest with the “Miryanggang Moree~Gagok District Integrated River Project,” targeting the Miryang River flowing through the downtown area, covering a total of 13.06 km from the Gyodong Milsan Bridge point to the Gagok-dong Miryang Bridge point. The project includes 15 detailed projects in four fields: flood control, water use, water quality and environment, and waterfront and landscape projects, with a total project cost of 235 billion KRW, and was finally selected.

The detailed projects include ▲establishing a smart riverside safety early warning system and installing flood defense walls for disaster prevention ▲installing a movable weir in the Gagok district to secure fish habitats and agricultural water ▲restoring existing asphalt parking lots and concrete revetments into eco-friendly forms to recover naturalness ▲installing the Miryanggang Arirang pedestrian bridge connecting the disconnected ecological trails in Gagok-dong, Sammundong, and Bubuk-myeon, thereby securing citizens’ safety while restoring naturalness and creating a waterfront space where people and nature coexist.

Mayor Park Il-ho said, “We will do our best to secure the safety of citizens from typhoons and heavy rains caused by recent climate change, restore the naturalness of the river, and create an eco-friendly Miryang River where nature and people coexist, so that it can become a new growth engine for the development of Miryang City.”

A city official said, “Thanks to the active participation and support of public officials including the mayor and residents, Miryang River achieved the great success of being finally selected for the contest project. We will ensure that the project contents are reflected as much as possible in future administrative procedures such as the basic plan service and preliminary feasibility study so that the project can be implemented.”

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