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Organizing all facilities causing pedestrian inconvenience or aesthetic disruption on main village streets by June... Since 2013, the 'Urban Clearing Project' has been steadily removing unnecessary facilities and consolidating similar ones for maintenance

Current View After Maintenance of Sinyoung-dong Samgeori Intersection

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Jongno-gu (District Mayor Kim Young-jong) is promoting the 'Our Village Clearing Project,' where residents directly participate in organizing urban facilities throughout the village, until June, aiming to spread the value of beautiful 'clearing' in the complex city.

This project is part of the '2020 Urban Clearing Project' and is meaningful as it adopts a method where residents participate and lead directly, rather than being government-led. The maintenance areas include main streets and key points in each village, major intersections with heavy pedestrian and vehicle traffic, side roads, children's protection zones requiring maintenance, school vicinity sanitation zones, and vulnerable areas where unsightly facilities are left unattended.

The district is promoting this project to create pleasant and safe streets by organizing all old and damaged facilities that hinder walking and spoil the village landscape within the designated areas. For example, facilities that have rusted or been damaged by graffiti will be painted, facilities that are broken or damaged causing inconvenience will be repaired, and facilities that have lost their function or are unnecessary will be removed. Abandoned facilities will be cleaned and organized.

To this end, applications for each village project will be accepted until March 31, and an Urban Clearing Working Council will be held in early April to finalize the 2020 target projects. When applying, applicants must designate one main street section and key points or facilities, and submit documents including resident participation activities and facilities subject to mass maintenance.

Since 2013, Jongno-gu has steadily promoted the 'Urban Clearing Project,' which removes facilities causing inconvenience to residents and unnecessary facilities, consolidates similar facilities, and maintains facilities that spoil the aesthetics. In 2019, the district produced and distributed the Urban Clearing booklet 'Clearing' and carried out projects such as crosswalk and bus stop fire hydrant undergrounding, rust removal, and organization.

Additionally, rust removal projects were promoted in five sections within the region, including Pyeongchangmun-ro.

The '2020 Urban Clearing Project' includes ▲Our Village Clearing Project with residents ▲Removal of non-functional and inconvenient facilities ▲Consolidation of duplicate facilities ▲Rust removal and organization of facilities ▲Maintenance project from Jahamun-ro to Changui-mun-gil ▲Village landscape improvement projects around Segumjeong-ro 6na-gil and other areas ▲Construction of infrastructure for Jamunbak Cultural Street ▲Creation of streets with beautiful signboards, among other contents.

District Mayor Kim Young-jong said, “We have continuously worked to restore the appearance of Jongno, where history and culture breathe, by removing unnecessary installations and signboards, and to create streets where residents want to walk,” adding, “We will accelerate the substantial Urban Clearing Project that is resident-centered rather than government-centered.”

The state before renovation of Sinyoung-dong Samgeori targeted for the 'Urban Emptying Project' in 2019

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