Incheon City Designates 26 Truck Traffic Restrictions in Children's Protection Zones in Galsan and Sangok-dong

A freight vehicle traffic restriction sign is installed at the Sangok Entrance Intersection in Bupyeong-gu.
[Photo by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City is expanding the restricted zones for freight truck traffic to enhance pedestrian safety for children.

On the 25th, the city announced that it newly designated 26 areas, including Galsan-dong and Sanggok-dong in Bupyeong-gu, where child protection zones are concentrated, as freight truck restricted zones.

As a result, 322 locations, accounting for 46% of the 669 child protection zones in the region, have been designated as freight truck restricted zones.

The newly designated freight truck restricted zones include areas where Korea GM, Bupyeong National Industrial Complex, and several redevelopment construction sites are located. Frequent indiscriminate passage of large freight trucks has raised ongoing concerns regarding children's pedestrian safety and the risk of major traffic accidents.

Due to this freight truck traffic restriction, vehicles that previously crossed Gulporeu Road and those that crossed or traversed Buyoung-ro and Wonjeok-ro must now detour around the outskirts.

The city plans to install traffic safety signs at a total of 91 locations, including the newly designated freight truck restricted zones, and, together with the Incheon Police Agency, will conduct a two-week promotion and guidance period starting on the 28th, followed by enforcement beginning on the 11th of next month.

An official from Incheon City stated, "We will strive to secure children's pedestrian safety through traffic safety facility improvement projects in cooperation with the Autonomous Police Committee, Incheon Police Agency, and the Road Traffic Authority," and urged, "Above all, to prevent child traffic accidents, drivers should remain vigilant and exercise special caution when driving within child protection zones."

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