Yeongam-gun 'Nangju-ro Undergrounding Project' Section 1 Completed

Electric and Communication Line Work Progressing Smoothly... Section 2 to be Completed by December

Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Woo Seung-hee) is making smooth progress on the long-awaited 'Nangjuro Undergrounding Project.'

According to the county on the 16th, this project, aimed at creating a beautiful city and a safe and pleasant walking environment, involves burying existing power distribution and communication lines underground and removing utility poles.

The utility poles are being removed to carry out the undergrounding project.
[Photo by Yeongam-gun]

The Nangjuro Undergrounding Project covers a 2 km section from Yeongam-eup Public Stadium in Section 1, passing Yeongam Girls' High School and Yeongam Terminal, to Section 2 at Yeongam Five-way Intersection.

To this end, Yeongam-gun, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), KT, and five other communication operators signed an agreement in April 2021, but construction only began in September last year due to internal company circumstances.

Subsequently, to accelerate the project, Yeongam-gun linked the undergrounding project with the 'Yeongam-eup Rural Hub Revitalization Project,' a part of the urban regeneration initiative, and this effort bore fruit with the completion of undergrounding the power distribution lines in Section 1 last June.

Yeongam-gun plans to complete the undergrounding of power distribution lines in Section 2 before Chuseok and finish the entire Nangjuro Undergrounding Project by December this year.

In particular, the county has designated the area from Yeongam Five-way Intersection to the entrance of Yeongam Forestry Cooperative on Jungang-ro as Section 3 and plans to complete additional undergrounding work by June next year.

A county official stated, “We will complete the undergrounding project without any safety accidents to improve the cityscape, walking environment, and residents' safety,” adding, “We will carry out the project minimizing inconvenience to residents and ask for their generous understanding and cooperation.”

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