Creation of Pedestrian Priority Road for Safe Walking in Front of Jeondong Elementary School

Dongdaemun-gu Improves Pedestrian Environment with Jeonnong-ro 16-gil Design Pavement and Solar LED Signage... Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Pedestrian Safety on Residential Backstreets through Pedestrian Priority Road Project

Pedestrian Priority Road Constructed in Front of the Main Gate of Jeondong Elementary School (Jeonnong-ro 16-gil)

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Yoo Deok-yeol) has created a pedestrian-priority road in front of the main gate of Jeondong Elementary School (Jeonnong-ro 16-gil) to enhance the safety and convenience of pedestrians.

A pedestrian-priority road is a road less than 10 meters wide where pedestrians and vehicles share the space, but the safety and convenience of pedestrians are prioritized. It was established to improve the poor walking conditions of narrow side streets without separate pedestrian and vehicle lanes.

Jeonnong-ro 16-gil, centered around the main gate of Jeondong Elementary School and the Jeonnong 2-dong Community Service Center, has various community facilities such as bakeries, hair salons, Saemaeul Geumgo, and Korean medicine clinics. Although pedestrian traffic is heavy, the narrow road width made it difficult to secure a safe walking space, leading to continuous complaints requesting improvements to the pedestrian environment.

Dongdaemun-gu was selected for the ‘2020 Safe Walking Environment Creation Contest’ conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in October last year. With a national subsidy of 100 million KRW, a total project cost of 200 million KRW was invested to carry out design services, traffic safety facility reviews, and design consulting to create the pedestrian-priority road.

In the approximately 300-meter section, the district secured pedestrian safety by installing design (stamp) pavement to induce drivers to slow down and raise awareness, elevated intersections, solar-powered LED signboards, no parking and stopping zones, and a speed limit of 30 km/h.

Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “We expect that the pedestrian-priority road created mainly in front of Jeondong Elementary School’s main gate will enhance the safety of vulnerable pedestrians such as children and the elderly. We will continue to create pedestrian-priority roads to build a road environment where both pedestrians and drivers can use safely and with peace of mind.”

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