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KRW 37.7 Billion Spent on an Ecological River, Yet Only Weeds Remain: Has Dangjin City Forgotten Its Responsibility After Construction?
[CTN Publisher¡¯s Column by Ga Geum-hyeon]
What should we ask when an ecological river built with more than KRW 37.7 billion in taxpayers¡¯ money has become overgrown with weeds, while public facilities intended to protect citizens¡¯ safety have been left damaged and unattended?
The first question should not be, ¡°Why are there so many weeds?¡±
It should be:
¡°Why has a public facility built with KRW 37.7 billion been managed like this?¡±
The Yeokcheon Ecological River Restoration Project in Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, was carried out from October 2017 to December 2020. The project cost a total of KRW 37.774 billion. Over approximately nine kilometers, facilities including water purification wetlands, ecological trails, ecological riffles and fish passages were created with the stated goal of restoring flood-control and environmental functions while providing citizens with an ecological recreational space.
Yet several years after completion, the current condition of the site is far removed from that original purpose.
Weeds and vines have overtaken sections of the walking paths, with vegetation in some areas growing nearly to the height of an adult. Information boards have become obscured, while stairs leading to public restrooms are surrounded by overgrown vegetation.
Even more concerning are the damaged safety facilities.
Some handrails installed to protect pedestrians have reportedly collapsed and remained unattended. Parts of the restroom windows have also been damaged.
This can no longer be dismissed as merely an issue of appearance.
When safety facilities at a public site are damaged and left unattended, it is not simply a maintenance problem. It is an issue of administrative responsibility.
Calling something an ecological river does not mean everything can simply be left to nature.
Protecting nature and abandoning public facilities are two completely different things.
There may be areas where vegetation should be preserved for ecological reasons. But allowing grass to cover walking paths, obscure information boards, block access to restrooms and leaving collapsed handrails unrepaired is not ecological conservation.
It is a failure of management.
Even more difficult to understand is Dangjin City¡¯s response.
According to the city, weed removal is scheduled before the Chuseok holiday, while officials reportedly said they would have to check when the previous weed-removal work had actually been carried out.
What does it mean if the department responsible for a public project costing KRW 37.7 billion cannot immediately determine when routine maintenance was last performed?
Does this not indicate that the standards, records and responsibility for maintenance have not been clearly established?
Administration does not end when a budget is spent and a project is declared complete.
In fact, for public facilities, completion should mark the beginning of genuine administrative responsibility.
If hundreds of billions of won are invested in a public facility, the government should also establish a long-term maintenance plan, secure budgets, assign responsible personnel and determine inspection schedules so citizens can safely use the facility for decades.
Yet only after criticism emerged did the city say it plans to introduce a service contract allowing weed removal three or four times a year starting next year, similar to the management of Dangjincheon.
This inevitably raises a question:
Then what has been done until now?
Who inspected the Yeokcheon Ecological River after completion, how often was it inspected and according to what standards?
How many times was weed removal conducted?
When were safety inspections carried out?
When were the collapsed handrails and damaged restroom facilities discovered, and why were they left unattended?
If the city cannot provide clear answers to these basic questions, what Dangjin City needs is not another explanation but a fundamental review of its entire maintenance system.
Too often, public projects focus on construction while neglecting maintenance.
Hundreds of billions of won are spent building roads, parks, riverside facilities and sports complexes. Grand opening ceremonies are held, banners are displayed and press releases highlight the project¡¯s achievements.
But what happens after the ceremony is over?
Weeds grow. Facilities deteriorate. Paint peels. Information boards become damaged. And the system responsible for maintaining them fails to function properly.
Then, several years later, citizens ask:
¡°Why was this facility built?¡±
Only after media reports and public criticism does the administration rush to remove the weeds and repair the facilities.
This is the recurring problem of ¡°build first, worry about maintenance later¡± administration.
That must change.
The success of a public project should not be judged solely by how well it was constructed, but also by how well it has been maintained over the years.
The same principle must apply to Yeokcheon.
Removing the weeds once before Chuseok cannot be the end of the matter.
First, Dangjin City should conduct an immediate comprehensive inspection and repair of all safety-related facilities, including collapsed handrails and damaged restrooms.
Second, it should establish regular weed-control and environmental-management standards based on each section¡¯s ecological and seasonal characteristics.
Third, maintenance records should be made publicly accessible, allowing citizens to see when weed removal and facility inspections were conducted.
Fourth, responsible departments and officials should be clearly designated, with a management accountability system that prevents responsibility from being passed around when problems arise.
Above all, what is needed is a change in administrative thinking.
An ecological river is not a facility that can simply be built once and expected to maintain itself.
A living river transformed into a public space requires continuous attention and management.
Nor should neglect ever be justified in the name of protecting nature.
The moment weeds are simply called ¡°nature,¡± administrative responsibility for managing the site risks being handed over to nature as well.
KRW 37.774 billion is not a small amount of money.
That money comes from the taxes paid by individual citizens.
What Dangjin City owes its citizens is not merely a facility that has been officially completed. It owes them a safe, clean and genuinely usable public space.
Whether Yeokcheon becomes an ecological recreational space once again or remains a neglected facility that symbolizes wasted public money ultimately depends on Dangjin City¡¯s willingness to take responsibility.
What is needed now is not an excuse.
It is not a one-time weed-removal operation.
What citizens deserve is a clear answer from Dangjin City on how it will take responsibility for maintaining a KRW 37.7 billion public project.
A public facility does not become an administrative success simply because construction is complete.
It can be called successful only when citizens can safely and comfortably use it for the next 10 or 20 years.
Dangjin City must take another serious look at Yeokcheon.
And it must answer its citizens:
¡°How will we take responsibility for the Yeokcheon Ecological River built with KRW 37.7 billion?¡±
That answer cannot once again be reduced to ¡°further review¡± or ¡°we will pursue a service contract.¡±
Because what citizens want is not another promise.
They want to see the site actually change.
CTN Publisher Ga Geum-hyeon
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KRW 37.7 Billion Spent on an Ecological River, Yet Only Weeds Remain: Has Dangjin City Forgotten Its Responsibility After Construction?
[CTN Publisher¡¯s Column by Ga Geum-hyeon]
What should we ask when an ecological river built with more than KRW 37.7 billion in taxpayers¡¯ money has become overgrown with weeds, while public facilities intended to protect citizens¡¯ safety have been left damaged and unattended?
The first question should not be, ¡°Why are there so many weeds?¡±
It should be:
¡°Why has a public facility built with KRW 37.7 billion been managed like this?¡±
The Yeokcheon Ecological River Restoration Project in Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, was carried out from October 2017 to December 2020. The project cost a total of KRW 37.774 billion. Over approximately nine kilometers, facilities including water purification wetlands, ecological trails, ecological riffles and fish passages were created with the stated goal of restoring flood-control and environmental functions while providing citizens with an ecological recreational space.
Yet several years after completion, the current condition of the site is far removed from that original purpose.
Weeds and vines have overtaken sections of the walking paths, with vegetation in some areas growing nearly to the height of an adult. Information boards have become obscured, while stairs leading to public restrooms are surrounded by overgrown vegetation.
Even more concerning are the damaged safety facilities.
Some handrails installed to protect pedestrians have reportedly collapsed and remained unattended. Parts of the restroom windows have also been damaged.
This can no longer be dismissed as merely an issue of appearance.
When safety facilities at a public site are damaged and left unattended, it is not simply a maintenance problem. It is an issue of administrative responsibility.
Calling something an ecological river does not mean everything can simply be left to nature.
Protecting nature and abandoning public facilities are two completely different things.
There may be areas where vegetation should be preserved for ecological reasons. But allowing grass to cover walking paths, obscure information boards, block access to restrooms and leaving collapsed handrails unrepaired is not ecological conservation.
It is a failure of management.
Even more difficult to understand is Dangjin City¡¯s response.
According to the city, weed removal is scheduled before the Chuseok holiday, while officials reportedly said they would have to check when the previous weed-removal work had actually been carried out.
What does it mean if the department responsible for a public project costing KRW 37.7 billion cannot immediately determine when routine maintenance was last performed?
Does this not indicate that the standards, records and responsibility for maintenance have not been clearly established?
Administration does not end when a budget is spent and a project is declared complete.
In fact, for public facilities, completion should mark the beginning of genuine administrative responsibility.
If hundreds of billions of won are invested in a public facility, the government should also establish a long-term maintenance plan, secure budgets, assign responsible personnel and determine inspection schedules so citizens can safely use the facility for decades.
Yet only after criticism emerged did the city say it plans to introduce a service contract allowing weed removal three or four times a year starting next year, similar to the management of Dangjincheon.
This inevitably raises a question:
Then what has been done until now?
Who inspected the Yeokcheon Ecological River after completion, how often was it inspected and according to what standards?
How many times was weed removal conducted?
When were safety inspections carried out?
When were the collapsed handrails and damaged restroom facilities discovered, and why were they left unattended?
If the city cannot provide clear answers to these basic questions, what Dangjin City needs is not another explanation but a fundamental review of its entire maintenance system.
Too often, public projects focus on construction while neglecting maintenance.
Hundreds of billions of won are spent building roads, parks, riverside facilities and sports complexes. Grand opening ceremonies are held, banners are displayed and press releases highlight the project¡¯s achievements.
But what happens after the ceremony is over?
Weeds grow. Facilities deteriorate. Paint peels. Information boards become damaged. And the system responsible for maintaining them fails to function properly.
Then, several years later, citizens ask:
¡°Why was this facility built?¡±
Only after media reports and public criticism does the administration rush to remove the weeds and repair the facilities.
This is the recurring problem of ¡°build first, worry about maintenance later¡± administration.
That must change.
The success of a public project should not be judged solely by how well it was constructed, but also by how well it has been maintained over the years.
The same principle must apply to Yeokcheon.
Removing the weeds once before Chuseok cannot be the end of the matter.
First, Dangjin City should conduct an immediate comprehensive inspection and repair of all safety-related facilities, including collapsed handrails and damaged restrooms.
Second, it should establish regular weed-control and environmental-management standards based on each section¡¯s ecological and seasonal characteristics.
Third, maintenance records should be made publicly accessible, allowing citizens to see when weed removal and facility inspections were conducted.
Fourth, responsible departments and officials should be clearly designated, with a management accountability system that prevents responsibility from being passed around when problems arise.
Above all, what is needed is a change in administrative thinking.
An ecological river is not a facility that can simply be built once and expected to maintain itself.
A living river transformed into a public space requires continuous attention and management.
Nor should neglect ever be justified in the name of protecting nature.
The moment weeds are simply called ¡°nature,¡± administrative responsibility for managing the site risks being handed over to nature as well.
KRW 37.774 billion is not a small amount of money.
That money comes from the taxes paid by individual citizens.
What Dangjin City owes its citizens is not merely a facility that has been officially completed. It owes them a safe, clean and genuinely usable public space.
Whether Yeokcheon becomes an ecological recreational space once again or remains a neglected facility that symbolizes wasted public money ultimately depends on Dangjin City¡¯s willingness to take responsibility.
What is needed now is not an excuse.
It is not a one-time weed-removal operation.
What citizens deserve is a clear answer from Dangjin City on how it will take responsibility for maintaining a KRW 37.7 billion public project.
A public facility does not become an administrative success simply because construction is complete.
It can be called successful only when citizens can safely and comfortably use it for the next 10 or 20 years.
Dangjin City must take another serious look at Yeokcheon.
And it must answer its citizens:
¡°How will we take responsibility for the Yeokcheon Ecological River built with KRW 37.7 billion?¡±
That answer cannot once again be reduced to ¡°further review¡± or ¡°we will pursue a service contract.¡±
Because what citizens want is not another promise.
They want to see the site actually change.
CTN Publisher Ga Geum-hyeon
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