Yangcheon-gu Initiates Maintenance of Spider Web Overhead Cables

Mok 2·3-dong, Sinjeong 7-dong, and Other Areas Selected as Redevelopment Zones

Seoul Yangcheon-gu plans to invest 2.6 billion KRW to renovate aerial cables over an area of 610,000㎡. View of the renovation site. (Photo by Yangcheon-gu)

Yangcheon-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Lee Gi-jae) will organize overhead wires and aerial cables tangled like cobwebs on utility poles and buildings, which spoil the urban landscape and threaten residents' safety, by the end of the year.

To this end, the district selected the areas around Mokdong Jungangbon-ro and Buk-ro, Y-shaped roads in Mok 2 and 3-dong, and the area near Galsan Public Library on Mokdong Nam-ro in Sinjeong 7-dong as maintenance zones, after conducting maintenance demand surveys for all neighborhoods, analyzing areas with numerous aerial cable complaints, and holding review meetings of the aerial cable maintenance task force.

This project will invest a total of 2.6 billion KRW, including the budget secured by receiving the highest grade 'Sang' in the aerial cable maintenance project evaluation by the Ministry of Science and ICT earlier this year, and aerial cables covering an area of 610,000㎡ will be maintained.

The project sites are residential and commercial dense areas where aerial cables have been rampant in alleys and streets, and there have been continuous demands for maintenance.

The maintenance project will be carried out jointly by six companies, including Korea Electric Power Corporation and broadcasting and telecommunications operators, targeting the areas selected by the district, performing tasks such as ▲ organizing sagging or tangled broadcasting and communication lines ▲ removing abandoned or dead wires ▲ arranging rampant service drop lines (wires branching from distribution lines directly to the demand point) ▲ and maintaining excessively installed broadcasting and communication facilities.

Meanwhile, the district promotes maintenance projects annually targeting areas urgently needing improvement through aerial cable surveys. Last year, it maintained over 1,100 utility poles and communication poles and a total length of 85,741 meters of aerial cables in six locations.

Lee Gi-jae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “Through this maintenance project, we expect to drastically improve the urban landscape and secure residents' safety,” adding, “We will carry out the maintenance project without fail to provide a safe and clean urban environment.”

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