Kim Mikyung, Eunpyeong District Mayor, Conducts Emergency Inspection of Construction Sites in Traffic Vulnerable Areas During National Safety Diagnosis Period

Inspection of Two Habitual Traffic Vulnerable Sections on Baengryeonsan-ro and Aging/Damaged Sewer Pipeline Construction Site at Daerim Market...Listening to Residents' Complaints and Efforts to Resolve Them

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Kim Mi-kyung, the mayor of Eunpyeong District, conducted an emergency inspection on the 25th of two construction sites around Baekryeonsan-ro, a habitual traffic vulnerable area (retaining wall demolition, Chungam High School intersection), and one construction site for old and defective sewage pipelines at Daerim Market in Eungam 3-dong, during the National Safety Inspection period (August 25 to October 29, 2021).

The Baekryeonsan-ro construction site in Eungam 4 district is a traffic congestion section where complaints have been continuously raised due to increased traffic volume following the move-in of large-scale apartment complexes. Road retaining wall demolition work has been in full swing since the 13th. The old and defective sewage pipeline construction site at Daerim Market in Eungam 3-dong recently completed repair and reinforcement work, preventing safety accidents such as flooding and resolving drainage problems, receiving great praise from the market merchants' association.

On this day, Kim Mi-kyung, mayor of Eunpyeong District, thoroughly inspected two construction sites including the Baekryeonsan-ro road retaining wall demolition site and the bottleneck section (about 70m) in front of Chungam High School, as well as the Daerim Market sewage pipeline construction site. She met with construction officials to encourage them and also took time to listen to residents' inconveniences and difficulties.

The district, through active cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and related organizations on the 14th, readjusted the lanes in the bottleneck section toward the Chungam High School intersection (from two lanes both ways to three lanes) and adjusted the road intersection angle and width. In particular, when the Baekryeonsan road retaining wall demolition work is completed in early October, the road width of the habitual traffic congestion section (220m) during commuting hours will expand from the existing 15m to 27m, which is expected to significantly alleviate the previously inconvenient traffic situation.

Mayor Kim Mi-kyung said, “I would like to express my gratitude to the responsible departments and construction officials who have actively worked to resolve residents' inconveniences. Above all, since people come first, I ask for active efforts to prevent safety accidents through detailed facility inspections during the National Safety Inspection period.” She added, “Going forward, we will do our best to create an ‘Inconvenience-Free Eunpyeong District’ by listening more carefully to residents' inconveniences and resolving them.”

The district announced that, in line with the nationwide National Safety Inspection period, it plans to conduct joint inspections with external experts on 157 facilities within the region and actively encourage residents' voluntary safety inspection campaigns to create a ‘Safe Eunpyeong District’ without accidents.

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