Wando-gun Completes Installation of Drone Delivery Stations, Anticipated to Resolve Logistics Blind Spots

Securing Drone Delivery Points Including 34 Delivery Bases and Relay Stations Across 8 Regions

Pilot Operation in 2021, Equipment Introduction and Full-Scale Operation in 2022

Wando County Completes Installation Project of Community-Based Drone Delivery Stations. (Photo by Wando County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Shin Woo-cheol) announced on the 5th that after being finally selected in April for the ‘Local Community-Based Drone Delivery Point Installation Project’ contest hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, it has completed the project including securing drone delivery points and installing structures.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety has been promoting the ‘Local Community-Based Address-Based Drone Delivery Pilot Project’ based on the 4th Industrial Revolution since 2018, and in April, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do and Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do were selected nationwide in the 2020 contest project (fully funded by the national government), achieving a great success.

The ‘Address-Based Drone Delivery Point Installation Project’ is a project to establish delivery infrastructure using drones for residents who experience inconvenience in daily life due to difficulty in transporting goods by car or ferry in island areas.

When the road name address of the drone delivery point is entered, the drone flies to find the location and delivers goods to the desired point. Considering geographical location and flight environment, drone delivery points including delivery bases and relay points were secured at a total of 34 locations across 8 zones: from Bulmok-ri, Gunoe-myeon to Gomado, Sahudo, Todo, and from Gomak-ri, Nohwa-eup to Masakdo, Hoenggando, and the installation of structures has been completed.

In November, the flight stability of the drone body will be tested at the newly installed drone delivery points, and after pilot operation next year, equipment will be introduced and full-scale operation is planned for 2022.

A county official said, “Through this project, we expect to provide great help to island residents in logistics blind spots by quickly delivering daily necessities, emergency medicines, mail, and more to island areas.”

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