Gwangju City to Crack Down on Grade 5 Emission Vehicles Starting May

Operation Restrictions on Days with Fine Dust Emergency Reduction Measures...Fines for Violations

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 23rd that starting in May, it will operate an enforcement system that restricts the operation of old diesel vehicles classified as emission grade 5 on days when emergency fine dust reduction measures are implemented.

The enforcement system will be implemented by installing 16 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at 9 major entry and exit roads in Gwangju.

The installation points are ▲ near Sotae Interchange (IC) in Dong-gu ▲ Haengam Intersection in Nam-gu ▲ Mujin-daero in Gwangsan-gu ▲ Munhwa Intersection in Buk-gu ▲ Unam Intersection in Buk-gu ▲ Songjeong-dong (Yeonggwangtong Intersection) in Gwangsan-gu ▲ 5·18 Memorial Park Intersection in Seo-gu ▲ Heukseok Intersection in Gwangsan-gu ▲ near Sanwol Interchange (IC) in Gwangsan-gu.

Accordingly, from May when the enforcement system is established, the operation of old diesel vehicles and other emission grade 5 vehicles (2.47 million nationwide) will be restricted within Gwangju on days when emergency fine dust reduction measures are implemented.

Violations will result in a fine of 100,000 KRW once per day.

Emission grade 5 vehicles are mostly diesel vehicles manufactured before 2005. To check whether your vehicle is classified as an emission grade 5 vehicle, you can use the Ministry of Environment’s ‘Vehicle Emission Grade System’ website and call center.

Currently, Seoul City has designated the area inside Hanyangdoseong (16.7 km) as a Green Transportation Zone since December last year, independently of the nationwide city and province high-concentration fine dust emergency reduction measures, and continuously restricts the entry of nationwide emission grade 5 vehicles.

Since January, the metropolitan area (Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi) has expanded and strengthened the operation of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) system as a permanent measure, so caution is advised when operating emission grade 5 vehicles.

In this regard, Gwangju City promotes low-emission projects in the transportation sector every year, and this year plans to invest 34.9 billion KRW to support 5,500 old diesel and other emission grade 5 vehicles and 350 new LPG cargo trucks. Applications are being accepted until the 5th of next month.

The support project for installing particulate matter reduction devices is scheduled to be announced at the end of this month.

For detailed information on the vehicle low-emission projects, please check the announcement posted in the Notice section under City News on the Gwangju City website.

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