Two people were injured last year in a rockfall on the Yongmeori Coast in Andeok-myeon. The city of Seogwipo has received permission from the Cultural Heritage Administration to build a bridge there to prevent future accidents. Joseph Kim reports.
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Yongmeori Coast

We are at the Yongmeori coast in Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo city, a major tourist attraction alongside Sanbang mountain, a unique mark of Jeju’s volcanic past.


However, after two tourists were injured due to a rockfall in November of 2014, access has been restricted at the accident site and the walking trail is currently divided into two. It is hard to look around the entire coast, since visitors are turned around before the area of the rock-fall.

Seogwipo city received approval from the Cultural Heritage Administration to install a bridge at the rock-fall area.

The bridge will span a length of 25 meters and a width of 2.8 meters connecting the end of each walking trail. When the bridge is linked, it will once again be possible to traverse the the entire length of the course.

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Oh Moon-jeong / Dir., Seogwipo cultural properties dept.
The work has been ordered. We will sign a contract next week and construction will take about six months. It will be complete around the beginning of April.
< 오문정 / 서귀포시 문화재 담당 >
지금 발주가 된 상태고요. 다음주쯤 계약 체결하고 180일 정도 소요되면 내년 4월초쯤 공사가 완료되겠습니다.

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Hyeon Gwang-hoon

Local businesses have high expectations for the bridge construction project since business has been weakened due to a decreased number of visitors.

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Kim Woo-taek/ Area merchant
I think it is a good starting point...the city received permission from the Cultural Heritage Administration. The bridge will really improve things.
< 김우택 / 용머리 해안 주변 상인 >
시발점은 일단 좋다고 생각돼요. 못하겠다던 것을 시에서 문화재청 허가 받아서 (다리를) 놓는 거니까...놓으면 아무래도 낫겠죠.

It has been a year since the incident, and they have just begun the bridge construction project recently.

[REPORTER] Joseph Kim

But now comes the difficult task of protecting the cultural assets and considering tourists' safety and convenience.

Joseph Kim KCTV