Oh Byung-kwon Acting Director Visits Gwangju Snow Removal Forward Base and COVID-19 Screening Clinic Consecutively

[Asia Economy (Gwangju) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] On the 30th, Oh Byeong-kwon, Acting Governor of Gyeonggi Province, visited the snow removal forward base in Tanbeol-dong, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do to inspect the winter snow removal status and encourage the officials.

Acting Governor Oh said, "To prepare for sudden heavy snowfall without prior warnings caused by climate change, the importance of snow removal forward bases that can promptly carry out snow removal operations will increase in the future," and emphasized, "Gyeonggi Province will do its best to minimize damage to residents related to heavy snow."

The snow removal forward bases are places where snow removal materials such as calcium chloride and snow removal vehicles are stored to quickly carry out snow removal operations in case of heavy snowfall situations. There are 128 such bases in the province. The Tanbeol-dong snow removal forward base holds 1,660 tons of snow removal agents and 17 snow removal vehicles.

The province has designated the period from December 15 this year to March 15 next year as the winter heavy snow and cold wave response period and installed automatic snow removal equipment at 489 habitual freezing sections. In addition, during expected heavy snowfall, the province adjusts the commuting hours of public institutions such as the provincial office, pre-applies snow removal agents, and increases public transportation. Furthermore, the province has secured 149,000 tons of snow removal agents, 1,863 snow removal vehicles, and 5,187 snow removal machines. In particular, snow removal will be prioritized at COVID-19 related facilities such as screening clinics to minimize inconvenience to residents.

Acting Governor Oh also visited the Gwangju City Public Health Center, which conducts more than 500 COVID-19 screening tests daily, to encourage the officials.

Acting Governor Oh said, "Please hang in there a little more with the mindset of protecting the elderly and vulnerable around us from COVID-19," and promised, "We will always respond proactively with the sense of mission that failure in Gyeonggi Province's quarantine is a failure of quarantine not only in the metropolitan area but also in the Republic of Korea."

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