Jeonju City to Implement Road Snow Removal Measures Starting from the 15th of This Month

Operation of Snow Removal Situation Room, Securing 200 Tons of Deicing Agent, and Full-Scale Implementation of 'Road Snow Removal Measures'

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Jeonju City announced on the 8th that it will fully activate a strengthened "Road Snow Removal Measures," including the operation of a snow removal countermeasure situation room starting from the 15th.

First, the situation rooms set up at City Hall and Wansan and Deokjin District Offices will perform roles such as real-time weather monitoring, situation reporting through emergency contact systems, and immediate reporting in case of damage, according to the road sector natural disaster crisis response manual.

Jeonju City secured 2,000 tons of snow removal agents, such as calcium chloride and salt, which is 200% of the average usage over the past three years, to prepare for prolonged heavy snowfall.

Additionally, as new residential development districts have increased, the road snow removal routes have been expanded from the existing 536 km to 587 km, and five additional snow removal vehicles have been leased for this purpose. Furthermore, one 15-ton truck has been additionally deployed on Baekje-daero, a major arterial road, and four additional water spraying vehicles will be added mainly in vulnerable areas and new towns.

Jeonju City is also investing a total project cost of 150 million won to install snow removal CCTV cameras at 15 locations, including Yesu Hospital, to monitor snow removal vulnerable areas. In addition, heating cables have been installed in the World Cup underpass, where there was a high risk of traffic accidents, bringing the total number of locations with heating cables in operation to 14.

Moreover, Jeonju City plans to strengthen pre-application of anti-icing agents on habitual freezing sections such as bridges and tunnels according to time zones to remove black ice.

After making a situation judgment on whether to conduct snow removal work six hours before the weather forecast, pre-application on vulnerable sections will be promoted four hours before, aiming to prevent snowfall as much as possible up to three hours before.

In case of heavy snowfall of 7 cm or more, all employees will be mobilized to carry out snow removal work on side roads, and personnel from the Model Drivers Association will be deployed at major intersections to prevent tailgating.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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