Gwangju Dong-gu Completes Signboard Improvement Project in Chungjangno 1-ga

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 18th that it has completed the ‘Chungjang-ro 1-ga Signboard Improvement Project,’ which was promoted after being selected for the signboard improvement project contest hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety last year.

Started in May last year, this project invested 440 million KRW to renovate the signboards of 53 buildings and 87 businesses within the section from Starbucks (Chungjang-ro branch) in Chungjang-ro 1-ga to the Chungjang-ro Post Office intersection.

Chungjang-ro has been a representative youth street of Gwangju and a street filled with memories and romance for Gwangju citizens, but protruding signboards that were not organized and street scenes that harmed aesthetics have been pointed out as factors hindering smooth pedestrian environments for citizens.

Accordingly, Dong-gu, after collecting opinions from Chungjang-ro merchants and residents, refurbished vivid and aged signboards and large protruding signboards, and produced ‘wall-mounted signboards’ and ‘scenic guide signboards’ that reflect the characteristics and individuality of each business, transforming the street into a more beautiful and clean place where people want to walk.

Dong-gu plans to link this with the Chungjang-ro road maintenance project and the K-POP Star Street creation project to not only recover the Chungjang-ro commercial district, which has been depressed due to COVID-19, but also to restore the former glory of Chungjang-ro.

Mayor Im Taek of Dong-gu said, “We will continue to promote signboard improvement projects in Chungjang-ro 2-ga and 3-ga,” adding, “We will make Chungjang-ro, which will be transformed cleanly and pleasantly, a street where citizens and tourists want to walk and visit again.”

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