Gangnam-gu, Maintenance of 2,200 Traffic Facilities in 5 Neighborhoods Including Sinsa, Apgujeong, and Cheongdam-dong

First Step in 5-Year Focused Maintenance Roadmap for Repainting Road Surface Markings over 200km Section

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jung Soon-gyun) will carry out maintenance of traffic safety facilities installed on four roads (Seolleung, Jagok, Gaepo, Irwon-ro) and side streets in five nearby neighborhoods (Sinsa, Apgujeong, Cheongdam, Nonhyeon 1 and 2-dong) along Hakdong-ro from February to December to prevent traffic accidents and ensure pedestrian safety.

The district will repair and replace 2,000 damaged caution, regulation, and instruction traffic safety signs, 200 delineator posts, and 150 meters of jaywalking prevention facilities in the area, and will repaint 200 km of faded road markings to make them more visible.

This is part of the district’s “5-year cyclical annual key area maintenance plan.” Upon completion of this year’s project, maintenance of traffic safety facilities from Hakdong to Teheran-ro will be followed by improvements from 2023 (Teheran to Nambusunhwan-ro), 2024 (Nambusunhwan to Yangjae-daero), and 2025 (south of Yangjae-daero) sequentially.

The district selected areas with severe traffic congestion mainly due to developed commercial districts with high floating populations and vehicle traffic volume as the maintenance plan areas.

Lee Hee-hyun, head of the Traffic Administration Division, said, “The average daily vehicle traffic volume in Gangnam is 3.4 million, which is three times the average of 1.2 million in Seoul’s 25 districts. Starting with this year’s maintenance project, which accounts for 20% of the total, we will focus on securing traffic safety for residents and continue to create a ‘Safe City, Gangnam.’”

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