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SOUTH KOREAN GOVT TO RESUME CONSTRUCTION OF GYEONGIN WATERWAY.
SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - The South Korean government will resume construction of the Gyeongin canal this month, five years after it was suspended in the face of stiff opposition from environmentalists, officials said Monday.
The construction of the 18-kilometer waterway linking the Han River and the Yellow Sea will resume in late March, with the aim of completing it by 2011, according to officials at the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. No fixed date was given.
Work on the canal started in 200l but fierce opposition and doubts over its economic feasibility forced the government to suspend it in 2003. Local environmentalists claim the project could wreak havoc on the surrounding eco system.
The project, however, regained its momentum after President Lee Myung-bak took office earlier last year. Lee had pledged to resume work on the canal ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, SOUTH KOREAN GOVT TO RESUME CONSTRUCTION OF GYEONGIN WATERWAY.