Guro-gu Bestows Honorary Road Names 'Namkuching-ro' and 'Necktie Marathon-ro'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Seong) has designated honorary road names ‘Nam Kuching-ro’ and ‘Necktie Marathon-ro’ for two roads in the district.

Guro-gu announced on the 20th that it plans to use honorary road names to promote the history and urban brand of Guro, and recently decided on two honorary road names through procedures including resident contests, online voting, and review by the Road Name Address Committee.

‘Nam Kuching-ro’ is a 279-meter section of Saemal-ro 18-gil near the UNESCO Asia-Pacific International Understanding Education Institute (Guro-dong 50-8 to 26-1). It is named after Nam Kuching City in Malaysia, a sister city with which active exchanges have recently been ongoing. The name reflects hopes for enhancing friendship between the two cities, securing overseas markets for local businesses, attracting tourists, and revitalizing international exchange.

‘Necktie Marathon-ro’ is a 777-meter section of Digital-ro within Guro Digital Complex (Guro-dong 843 to 179-13), where the Necktie Marathon event has been held annually since 2003.

It was designated to promote the Necktie Marathon, Guro-gu’s representative festival, and to contribute to attracting companies to the ‘Guro Digital Complex,’ which has transformed from the Guro Industrial Complex into a cutting-edge IT industrial complex.

The newly designated honorary road names will be used for the next five years.

A Guro-gu official stated, “Honorary road name signs will be installed next month,” and added, “We hope that ‘Nam Kuching-ro’ and ‘Necktie Marathon-ro’ will become local landmarks.”

Nam Kuching Road, Necktie Marathon Road location map

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