"Preparing for Heavy Rain in Advance" Yongin City, Maintenance of Mabukcheon-Tancheon Confluence Area

On the 15th, Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province announced that it will carry out construction to widen the waterway at the confluence of Mabukcheon and Tancheon in the Mabuk-dong 186-6 area of Giheung-gu, which had been a major concern due to frequent flooding during heavy rains.

The confluence of Mabukcheon and Tancheon in Yongin. Yongin City plans to complete the waterway maintenance at the confluence by the first half of the year in preparation for heavy rainfall.
[Photo by Yongin City]

Although the Mabukcheon and Tancheon walking trails are popular spaces for citizens, the waterway at the confluence of the two streams is narrow, causing water levels to rise rapidly or strong currents to form during heavy rains, resulting in significant damage such as the collapse of river embankments.

The city plans to install a 120-meter-long retaining wall and dredge sediment accumulated over an area of 5,000㎡ to widen the waterway during the first half of the year. The construction will use 300 million KRW secured after the city was selected as a target site for Gyeonggi Province's small-scale flood risk improvement project in January.

A city official stated, "We will strive to complete the improvement work before the full rainy season begins to minimize inconvenience to citizens," adding, "We will continue to safely manage local rivers so that citizens can use them conveniently."

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