Maintenance of 1.4km Overhead Line from Myeonmok Station in Jungnang-gu to Gwangjin-gu Boundary

Maintenance of Jeonju, utility poles, and overhead lines by year-end... Creating a pleasant and clean street environment and ensuring resident safety

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jungnang-gu (Mayor Ryu Kyung-gi) is implementing the ‘2020 Overhead Line Intensive Maintenance Project’ to neatly organize the tangled overhead lines for urban aesthetics improvement and ensuring residents' safety.

The district conducted a survey last year and selected the Myeonmok-dong area, where maintenance requests for defective overhead lines were frequent, as the intensive maintenance zone.

From this month until the end of the year, maintenance will be carried out on defective utility poles, communication poles, and overhead lines along a 1.4km section stretching from Myeonmok Station to Sagajeong Station and the boundary with Gwangjin-gu.

Eight companies including Korea Electric Power Corporation, KT, LG Uplus, SK Telecom, SK Broadband, D'Live, Dreamline, and Sejong Telecom will divide the area and ▲remove broken or sagging lines from utility and communication poles within the section, ▲organize tangled abandoned and unused lines, and ▲conduct comprehensive maintenance of service lines installed on buildings and houses.

To ensure smooth project progress, consultations among related maintenance agencies were completed last month.

Additionally, an undergrounding project is scheduled to be implemented in the Youth Street section near Sagajeong Station, which is expected to greatly improve the pedestrian environment in the Myeonmok-dong area.

Besides the selected maintenance zone, the district is conducting thorough maintenance through occasional civil complaints and other channels.

The district also plans to listen carefully to residents’ voices to minimize various inconveniences that may arise during overhead line maintenance, such as temporary parking of work vehicles, rooftop access to buildings, and temporary service interruptions.

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, said, “Through this maintenance project, we will contribute not only to creating a pleasant and clean street but also to improving residents’ satisfaction with their living environment.” He added, “We will continue to make Jungnang-gu’s streets places where people want to walk and vibrant streets through various other projects.”

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