Songpa-gu Mayor Park Seong-su's Early Completion of 10 Pledges to Build a 'Safe Songpa' Foundation

Achieving 10 Project Goals in Safety and Health during the 7th Elected Term, Including CCTV Expansion, School Zone Safety Facility Enhancement, and Opening of Wirye Police Substation

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa District (right), is inspecting sports facilities and conversing with officials.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The importance of safety management is being emphasized due to infectious disease disasters and school zone accidents.

Amid this, Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seong-su) has completed 10 pledge projects early to create a ‘Safe Songpa.’

The district selected ‘Safe Songpa’ as a core goal of the 7th local government term and promoted 10 projects including ▲24-hour integrated safety control room operation ▲Women’s Safety Songpa 4.0 initiative ▲Establishment of a public meal service center for urban-rural coexistence ▲Strengthening safety management against ground subsidence on roads, etc.

In particular, the district cited ▲Expansion of crime prevention CCTV installation ▲Establishment of Wirye Police Substation ▲Expansion of school zone safety facilities as major achievements in safety management closely felt by residents.

Currently, the installed security CCTV in the district totals 962 units at 162 locations, nearly doubling the initial goal of 520 units at 130 locations.

Along with this, fixed cameras and digital emergency bells were installed to prevent blind spots in monitoring, achieving a synergistic effect in crime prevention.

On August 13, the ‘Songpa Wirye Police Substation,’ a long-cherished wish of Wirye area residents, also opened. Although Songpa accounts for about 38% of the Wirye New Town area, security infrastructure had been insufficient, and the Munjeong Police Precinct had been responsible for residents’ security.

Accordingly, the district, through continuous consultation with the National Police Agency, established the ‘Songpa Wirye Police Substation’ on a 660㎡ site with three above-ground floors in Jangji-dong (369 Wirye Sunhwan-ro).

The expansion of school zone safety facilities also showed remarkable results and received great response from residents.

This year, the district implemented various improvement projects targeting child protection zones in the area, including 24 speed enforcement CCTV units at 23 schools, 9 solar-powered LED signs at 4 schools, speed warning signs at 9 schools, and reorganization of protection zones at 3 locations.

Notably, the district introduced the nation’s first right-turn video alert system in the Munhyeon Elementary School child protection zone, and installed 9 yellow carpets and 36 yellow footprints at 11 schools including Gadong Elementary School to enhance child safety.

In addition, in response to the COVID-19 situation, the district proactively prepared and implemented a ‘District-Hosted Event Customized Quarantine Manual’ on November 20, and formed the ‘Songpa-gu Internet Quarantine Team’ on May 21 to protect confirmed patients’ personal information and support sales increases for visited businesses.

Songpa Wirye Police Substation

Also, the district provides various services such as operating a public postpartum care center and activities of neighborhood health guardians to support residents’ healthy lives.

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa-gu, stated, “The desire for safety is fundamental as it is directly linked to quality of life, so we devoted great effort to building related infrastructure,” adding, “Although the pledge projects were completed early with residents’ cooperation, we will not be complacent and will continuously implement differentiated policies to create a ‘Safe City Songpa’ where residents can live with peace of mind in any situation.”

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