Yangpyeong County Secures National Budget for Kyo Pyeong Drainage Pump Station Expansion Project

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Um In-yong] Yangpyeong County announced on the 6th that the 'Kyo Pyeong District Natural Disaster Risk Improvement Project' has been confirmed as a new nationally-funded project by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

The area around Gyopyeong-ri in Gangsang-myeon experienced internal flooding and overflow of Sinhwa Stream (small stream) during heavy rainfall in 2022 due to insufficient facility capacity of the Kyo Pyeong drainage pump station, resulting in one death among local residents.

In response, the county conducted feasibility reviews of the facility and made active administrative efforts to improve facilities, including immediately designating the flooded area as a 'Natural Disaster Risk Improvement District' (Kyo Pyeong District) in accordance with the 'Natural Disaster Countermeasure Act' (Yangpyeong County Notice No. 2023-321).

In particular, this year the county proactively invested municipal funds for selection as a new nationally-funded project and promoted design services. These efforts, reflected further in the application, resulted in final selection for the new project.

The selected new project involves demolishing the Kyo Pyeong District drainage pump station, which was first installed and has been operating in 1998 with a capacity of 293 cubic meters per minute, and renovating (expanding) approximately 500 meters of Sinhwa Stream (small stream) located in Gyopyeong-ri, Gangsang-myeon, while installing a new pump facility capable of discharging 1,680 cubic meters of water per minute nearby.

The county plans to complete detailed design and consultations on project implementation details with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety by 2025, invest a total project cost of 34.4 billion won (national budget 17.2 billion won, provincial budget 8.6 billion won, municipal budget 8.6 billion won) in annual increments, and aim for completion by 2028.

Yangpyeong County Governor Jeon Jin-seon stated, "I express my gratitude to Yangpyeong County public officials who have worked toward confirming this project," adding, "We will provide maximum support to quickly resolve the residents' inconvenience caused by flooding whenever it rains."