Gyeonggi-do to Invest 48.5 Billion KRW in Child Protection Zone Improvement Project

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will invest 48.5 billion KRW this year in the improvement project for Children's Protection Zones.

The Children's Protection Zone improvement project is part of the "Local Traffic Safety Environment Improvement Project," for which the Ministry of the Interior and Safety provides national funding to local governments. The project aims to protect children, who are vulnerable to traffic accidents, by expanding various safety facilities such as speed enforcement cameras within Children's Protection Zones.

Following the passage of the "Min-sik Act" (partial amendments to the Road Traffic Act and the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes) in December last year, the installation of speed enforcement cameras, speed bumps, and traffic lights in Children's Protection Zones became mandatory. As the Ministry of the Interior and Safety expanded the related project budget to 25.4 billion KRW this year, the province will invest a total of 48.5 billion KRW in improving Children's Protection Zones, including 23.1 billion KRW from city and county budgets.

The province will use the budget to install no illegal parking signs, unmanned traffic enforcement equipment (at 193 locations), and traffic lights (at 399 locations) within Children's Protection Zones.

The province is currently conducting a demand survey targeting cities and counties. The project funds will be allocated based on factors such as the number of elementary schools and the installation rate of enforcement equipment.

A provincial official stated, "We will work closely with cities and counties to carry out the project thoroughly, creating an environment where children can commute to school safely without worrying about traffic accidents," adding, "We plan to complete the installation of unmanned traffic enforcement equipment and traffic lights in all Children's Protection Zones within the province by 2022."

In addition to the Children's Protection Zone improvement project, the province will invest a total of 9.48 billion KRW in national subsidy projects to create a safe traffic environment, including the Elderly Protection Zone improvement project (1.2 billion KRW), frequent traffic accident site improvement project (7.6 billion KRW), and safe pedestrian environment creation project (680 million KRW).

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