Proposal of Joint Recommendation at 'Sihwaho Area Policy Council'
"Risk of Landscape Damage and Water Pollution May Increase"
Jeong Myeong-geun, Mayor of Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province, and other mayors of cities in the Siwha Lake area of Gyeonggi Province adopted a joint petition opposing the 'Tando Lake Floating Solar Power Installation Project.'
Hwaseong, Ansan, Siheung cities, and four organizations including Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) held the '10th Siwha Lake Area Policy Council' on the 19th at the Songsan Green City Observatory. The 'Siwha Lake Area Policy Council' is an administrative council composed of three local governments?Hwaseong, Ansan, and Siheung?where development and conservation are taking place around Siwha Lake, along with K-water. Attending the meeting were Jeong Myeong-geun, Mayor of Hwaseong, Lee Min-geun, Mayor of Ansan, Lim Byeong-taek, Mayor of Siheung, and Park Se-hoon, Director of K-water’s Urban Headquarters.
At the Siwaho Area Policy Council held on the 18th, Park Se-hoon (from the left), Head of K-water Urban Headquarters, Jeong Myeong-geun, Mayor of Hwaseong, Lee Min-geun, Mayor of Ansan, and Lim Byeong-taek, Mayor of Siheung, pledged intercity policy cooperation. [Photo by Hwaseong City]
At the meeting, Mayor Jeong proposed a joint petition opposing the 'Tando Lake Floating Solar Power Installation Project' promoted by the Korea Rural Community Corporation. Mayor Jeong emphasized, "If floating solar power facilities are installed on Tando Lake located in the Siwha Lake area, there is a concern that the surrounding landscape will be damaged and water pollution may increase," adding, "This could lead to the degradation of the value of Siwha Lake’s ecological, cultural, and tourism resources."
After discussing the agenda, the three city mayors signed the 'Joint Petition Opposing the Installation of Floating Solar Power on Tando Lake' and plan to deliver it to the Korea Rural Community Corporation to request cooperation.
Mayor Jeong stated, "As local issues become increasingly complex and diverse, it is becoming difficult to respond with the capabilities of a single local government alone, so cooperation among local governments is being emphasized," and added, "We will do our best to re-examine the historical value of Siwha Lake, which is regarded as a model case of regional coexistence and development, and to spread it as a world-class exemplary case."
Meanwhile, Hwaseong City had previously conveyed its opposition to the floating solar power project on Tando Lake to the province during the site relay meeting of cities and counties related to the Gyeonggi Western SOC Grand Development Plan hosted by Gyeonggi Province in May.
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