Korea-US Governments and Road Experts Hold 'Web Seminar' to Strengthen SOC Safety

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] Officials from the South Korean and U.S. governments, along with road experts, will meet to explore measures to strengthen SOC safety, including the prevention of road landslides in response to climate change.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will hold the "Korea-U.S. Road Experts Webinar" on the 5th, together with the U.S. Federal Highway Administration and the Colorado Department of Transportation, to discuss responses to climate change such as landslides.

As part of the Korean New Deal project, the digitalization of SOC projects, including slope warning systems, will also be shared, and plans to discuss mutual development between the two countries will be made.

This seminar was organized due to the increasing frequency of landslides caused by unusual rainfall patterns such as prolonged monsoons and consecutive typhoons, despite continuous maintenance of road slopes, highlighting the need for proactive response measures.

Domestic experts from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, and the Korea Road Traffic Authority, along with the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, will actively share research achievements on geological disasters and climate change responses between the two countries.

In particular, the main topics of discussion between the two countries are geological disasters such as landslides and climate change. The Korean side will introduce SOC digitalization projects incorporating various IoT technologies to enable real-time monitoring. The U.S. side plans to present on "the relationship between geological risks and climate change" and "analysis of geological disaster management performance."

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