Rivers helped with Weir Installation Help Us Back
The Yeoju Weir which shines more brightly at night than during the day was created with a keyword, King Sejong, who has invented the pride of Korea, Hangul. The residents of Yeoju-gun were freed from flooding troubles by removing the disorderly scattered greenhouses and constructing the weir in the deepened river after the sedimentation dredging work. Just like the way how the King Sejong has invented Hangul for the troubled people.
After opening of the Ipo Weir, it has been getting tributes from the foreigners that it is the “combination of the Korea’s own beauty and technology.” In particular, its underwater squares uniquely installed and have not been featured in any other weirs made a lot of people waiting in line to meet the summer of 2012 in Yeoju. The Ipo Weir represented Yeoju’s iconic bird, the white heron and its eggs will become the center of tourism infrastructure of Seoul and Gyeonggi metropolitan area.
Gangcheon Weir that is installed between the Chungju Dam and Paldang Dam is responsible for flood protection and procurement of agricultural water by adjusting the water level of the Han River for local residents and farmers. The sediments piled up a lot enough to block waterway were dredged and the width and depth of river were added to give the speed in river flow.
