Gimhae City Holds Emergency Meeting on Urea Water Shortage to Prepare 'Response Measures'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] On the 10th, Gimhae City in Gyeongnam held an emergency countermeasure meeting chaired by Vice Mayor Kim Seok-ki at the disaster situation room to devise measures to address the urea solution shortage crisis.

The city decided to prohibit hoarding of urea solution at major sales locations, including 180 gas stations, and to actively request cooperation in supplying urea solution to freight vehicles and others.

There are approximately 51,476 urea solution-using vehicles registered in Gimhae, accounting for 45% of registered diesel vehicles. Among them, there are 1,885 medium and large freight trucks, 120 city buses, and 269 public vehicles.

Among the 221 city buses, 120 use urea solution. The city plans to adjust dispatch intervals to delay the suspension period of urea solution vehicle operations and, when urea solution runs out, to maximize the use of 101 vehicles that do not use urea solution for operation.

City buses and garbage trucks will secure as much urea solution as possible to operate without disruption, and if the shortage of urea solution prolongs, phased countermeasures will be established and implemented.

Vice Mayor Kim Seok-ki stated, "Since the central government is also working on supply and demand measures, we will actively cooperate with government policies such as crackdowns on hoarding and prepare and execute response plans at the city level to minimize inconvenience to citizens."

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