Gwangju Dong-gu Ranks 1st for Two Consecutive Years in Streetlight Performance Evaluation

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 30th that it ranked first place for two consecutive years following 2019 in the ‘2020 Streetlight Work Evaluation’ hosted by Gwangju City.

In this evaluation targeting the five autonomous districts of Gwangju, comprehensive assessments were made on ▲streetlight facility maintenance ▲regular inspection results by Korea Electrical Safety Corporation ▲operation of road lighting control system ▲performance of auxiliary projects, and Dong-gu, which took first place, secured an incentive of 50 million KRW.

Dong-gu has been conducting weekly nighttime patrol inspections and maintenance on 8,139 road lighting locations within the district, and especially focused on facility improvements such as repairing inappropriate facilities including leakage in about 240 flashers and replacing old streetlights with LED lights.

Additionally, Dong-gu was recognized for its efforts in promptly resolving over 1,000 streetlight malfunction reports received through the Dong-gu mobile app ‘Dong-gu Dureum’ sections ‘Participation Plaza’ and ‘Wishes to the Mayor,’ while emphasizing resident safety through improvements in the walking environment.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “I am pleased that our efforts to provide residents with a bright and safe walking environment through thorough streetlight management have been recognized,” and added, “We will continue to prioritize residents’ safety and do our best in streetlight inspection and maintenance so that streetlights can fully serve as protectors of residents’ safety.”

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