Pyeongtaek City Completes Remodeling Project of Gyopo Stream

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 31st that it has completed the remodeling project of Gyopo Stream, a long-cherished project for residents of Oseong-myeon.

In the past, Gyopo Stream experienced frequent flooding during the rainy season, causing large and small flood damage to nearby areas. To establish fundamental countermeasures, the city made continuous recommendations to the Seoul Regional Department of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Gyeonggi Province, and confirmed the project in 2007.

The city initiated basic design services in 2007, implemented land compensation in 2009, commenced the first phase of construction on November 13, 2013, and completed the eighth phase on December 31, 2020, investing a total project cost of 34.44 billion won (16.2 billion won in national funds and 18.24 billion won in provincial funds).

Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon stated, "With the completion of the Gyopo Stream remodeling project, we have established fundamental flood prevention measures for the Oseong-myeon area," and added, "We will do our best to make Pyeongtaek a city free from concerns about disasters and calamities by promoting disaster prevention projects such as river construction."

Meanwhile, the Gyopo Stream remodeling project was designed to prepare for the maximum flood level with a 50-year recurrence interval based on the local river master plan. The project involves expanding the river width across a total length of 3.5 kilometers, reinforcing embankments of 7 kilometers, rebuilding 5 bridges, and reorganizing 43 drainage pipes.