Mapo-gu Challenges 'Zero' Streetlight Malfunction Reports

Improvement of Streetlight Maintenance Method Previously Limited to Department Self-Inspection and Resident Reports...Real-Time Detection and Repair of Streetlight Issues Possible with Two-Way Streetlight Controllers

Installing a bidirectional controller (remote control system) on a streetlight

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yudonggyun) is introducing a two-way streetlight controller (wireless remote monitoring and control system for streetlights) to prevent safety accidents caused by streetlights and create a pleasant nighttime road environment, focusing on improving streetlight maintenance work.

The district has been continuously inspecting about 9,000 streetlights distributed along 84 routes including Mapodaero by organizing and operating nighttime patrol teams on major road routes to prevent nighttime safety accidents.

However, recognizing the limitations of identifying and repairing broken streetlights through the department’s own patrols and reports from local residents due to the wide jurisdiction and traffic conditions, the district has newly introduced the two-way streetlight controller to improve maintenance methods.

With the introduction of the two-way streetlight controller, abnormalities such as partial lighting failure, breaker malfunction, and pole collapse can be checked in real time on the department’s computers and the responsible personnel’s smartphones, allowing the staff to identify streetlight malfunctions in advance and take preemptive measures before complaints are received.

Additionally, the system includes an extra function that enables selective remote control of streetlights by route, allowing customized remote turning on and off of streetlights according to weather conditions when necessary.

This improves the speed and accuracy of streetlight repairs, leading to increased efficiency in streetlight maintenance work.

Since establishing the mid- to long-term plan for the ‘Two-Way Streetlight Controller Installation Project’ in 2015, the district has steadily installed two-way streetlight controllers throughout the area, striving to implement advanced administration for creating a ‘Mapo-gu road environment without partial lighting failures.’

With installations of 79 locations in 2015, 33 in 2016, 19 in 2017, 60 in 2018, and 40 in 2019, the district had installed a total of 231 two-way streetlight controllers by last year, and plans to complete an additional 60 installations on main arterial roads and side streets in the first half of 2020.

By completing the installation of 15 more two-way controllers on remaining side streets by the second half of this year, the district will achieve its final target, realizing the six years of efforts since 2015.

Yudonggyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “When streetlights in alleys do not work late at night, people tend to feel psychologically uneasy, and there are many areas where streetlights are the only source of light on the road. We have installed two-way streetlight controllers throughout the district to enable real-time streetlight maintenance, so I hope residents can feel safe wherever they go.”

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