Gwangju City Selects Imbangul-daero in Gwangsan-gu as 'Tree-Lined Street for Walking'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 16th that ‘Gwangsan-gu Imbangul-daero’ was selected as the 2022 Walkable Tree-Lined Street through online citizen voting and on-site evaluation by the Urban Forest Committee.

The selection of ‘Walkable Tree-Lined Streets’ is being promoted for the second year following last year to create spaces where citizens can frequently visit tree-lined streets easily encountered in daily life.

The selected Imbangul-daero tree-lined street is a section of about 1.2 km from the entrance intersection of the High-Tech District to the Woori Bank intersection in the High-Tech District. About 800 zelkova trees and other street trees are planted, and a band of greenery including golden mahonia is formed underneath.

The city plans to provide additional maintenance funds for street trees in Gwangsan-gu in 2023.

Earlier, Gwangju narrowed down 10 recommended tree-lined streets from autonomous districts to five locations?Neoritjae Old Road in Dong-gu, Mujin-daero in Seo-gu, Obang-ro in Nam-gu, Haseo-ro in Buk-gu, and Imbangul-daero in Gwangsan-gu?through the Urban Forest Creation and Management Deliberation Committee.

Subsequently, the final selection was made by reflecting 70% of the online citizen voting results and 30% of the Urban Forest Committee’s on-site evaluation results.

Jung Gangwook, head of the city’s Green Policy Division, said, “It is meaningful to select the ‘Walkable Tree-Lined Streets’ for the second year with citizens,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to create street trees and greenery that citizens enjoy visiting.”

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