Gwangju City Councilor Lee Myung-no Points Out Lack of Communication Between Departments in Y-Project Initiative

Lee Myung-no, a member of the Gwangju Metropolitan Council (Democratic Party of Korea·Seo-gu 3), recently expressed concerns about the so-called 'Yeongsan River Y-Project' announced by Gwangju City.

On the 13th, during the Administrative Audit of the Environment and Welfare Committee, Councilor Lee pointed out the lack of communication and sharing between departments, as well as discord among them.

The total project cost of the ‘Yeongsan River 100-ri Trail, Y-Project,’ a key pledge of Gwangju City’s 8th elected administration, is 378.5 billion KRW, with the largest portion of 123.9 billion KRW allocated to creating clean water in response to the climate crisis.

Gwangju City announced plans to establish a dual-purpose circulation supply system by withdrawing 100,000 tons of water daily using the riverbed filtration method, which will be used as drinking water during droughts and other crises, and as maintenance water for the Yeongsan River during normal times.

The New Vitality Promotion Headquarters, during a previous administrative audit, responded to concerns about the difficulty of securing water volume due to the inherent shortage of water in the Yeongsan River by stating, “The upper reaches of the Yeongsan River flow 300,000 tons daily, so the target water volume and quality are achievable even without natural inflow from Gwangju Dam and Damyang Dam.”

However, the Climate Environment Bureau explained, “Without natural water inflow, neither the daily average volume of 100,000 tons nor water quality improvement can be guaranteed,” indicating a lack of communication between departments.

Councilor Lee Myung-no said, “According to the water volume measured by the Yeongsan River Flood Control Office’s gauges, the volume is 280,000 tons, which is below the 300,000-ton daily standard, and except during the monsoon season, most of the time it is less than 100,000 tons.”

He added, “The prerequisite for the Y-Project is to secure clean water and improve water quality unconditionally. Unless a consensus is reached between departments or a new improvement plan is devised to soften the Y-Project plan, it will be difficult for the 6.7 billion KRW main budget to pass the council.”

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