Seoul City Continues Demolition and Improvement of Slate Roofs to Prevent Asbestos Damage

Since 2012, 2 Billion Invested to Demolish 680 Slate Roof Buildings... Additional Support for Demolishing 28 Buildings This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government has been continuously supporting the demolition and renovation of aging slate roofs on houses since 2012 to prevent asbestos damage harmful to human health. The city has been carrying out slate demolition and roof replacement projects with financial support from each autonomous district, city funds, and national funds.

According to Seoul City on the 1st, from 2012 to 2020, it invested 2 billion KRW to support the demolition of 680 asbestos slate buildings. This year, it will also support the demolition of 28 slate buildings.

While each autonomous district had individually promoted projects so far, starting this year, the city will directly contract with slate demolition and roof renovation companies to carry out the construction in bulk. Once the companies complete the work, the city will pay them, aiming to improve the project's economic efficiency and effectiveness.

Seoul City will invest 200 million KRW this year to support the demolition of 28 slate buildings and roof renovation of 20 buildings. Construction will start from the 1st and is planned to be completed by the end of November. Applications were received through autonomous districts, and the support recipients have been selected.

Among the support recipients, socially vulnerable groups such as basic livelihood security recipients and lower-income households will receive full cost coverage for demolition and up to 10 million KRW for roof renovation. General households will receive up to 3.44 million KRW for demolition and up to 3 million KRW for roof renovation.

Additionally, Seoul City is conducting a survey for systematic management and efficient handling of slate buildings within the city. The survey will be completed by November and used as basic data for future slate demolition and roof renovation projects. The survey results will be registered in the Slate System operated by the Korea Environment Corporation.

Hadongjun, Director of the Air Quality Policy Division of Seoul City, said, "We will do our best to continuously promote slate demolition and roof replacement projects to prevent asbestos damage to citizens and create a pleasant living environment," and added, "We ask for continued interest in the slate handling support project."

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