Ulsan Office of Education and Ulsan City School Zone Safety Governance Achieve Remarkable Results

Six Schools Including Dongbu Elementary Complete School Commute Route Improvements This Year

Efforts Made to Create Safe Commute Routes Through Cooperative Systems

School zone on Sinjangdong-ro, Hanam-si, Gyeonggi-do.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jeonghwan] The number of child traffic accidents in school zones in Ulsan decreased from 14 cases in 2020 to 2 cases in the first half of 2021.

This achievement was greatly contributed by the cooperation between the Ulsan Office of Education and related organizations.

Since the second half of 2019, the Ulsan Office of Education has been operating the ‘School Zone Safety Governance’ in collaboration with the City Hall, Police Agency, and Korea Road Traffic Authority to prevent child traffic accidents and create safe school routes.

On the 13th, the Office of Education conducted a joint inspection with related organizations such as City Hall to ensure that traffic safety facilities within school zones could be installed and expanded early.

This inspection focused mainly on areas where student safety needed to be secured due to traffic accident risks but improvements were difficult depending on the department in charge according to the type of road or the financial status of each local government.

The Ulsan City Hall Traffic Planning Division selected six school routes within school zones for maintenance (Dongbu Elementary, Mipo Elementary, Seobu Elementary, Songjeong Elementary, Cheongnyang Elementary, Hoyeon Elementary) based on the inspection results, and plans to complete improvements such as intersection system enhancement, sidewalk expansion, raised crosswalks, and fence installation by the end of this year.

Additionally, along with improving vulnerable pedestrian environments within school zones, Ulsan City Hall plans to invest 4.85 billion KRW to install traffic signals in school zones and create safe commuting routes for lower-grade students who are vulnerable to traffic accidents.

Meanwhile, an official from the Office of Education stated, “We will continue to cooperate with related organizations to prevent child traffic accidents and strengthen school commute safety so that Ulsan can become a model case for operating school zone safety governance.”

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