Kim Hwayeong, Mayor of Masanhwoegwon District, Inspects Tree Maintenance Site at Greenbelt of Gyeongnam National University

Tree Pruning to be Conducted Until Late November
Resolving Residents' Inconveniences

Kim Hwa-young, Mayor of Masanhwoin District Office in Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, visited the tree maintenance site along Gyeongnam-daero in Naesa-eup on the afternoon of the 17th to inspect the trees targeted for maintenance and comprehensively check the overall safety prevention measures during the work.

Kim Hwa-young, Mayor of Masanhwoin District Office, is inspecting the green belt tree maintenance sites at Gyeongnam University.

From the 25th of this month until the end of next month, Masanhwoin District will conduct pruning on four types of trees within the green belt adjacent to apartments along Gyeongnam-daero, from Joeunnoseuville to Seojin Apartments.

The trees adjacent to the apartments that pose risks of safety accidents due to natural disasters or hinder firefighting activities will be pruned to resolve the residents' complaints raised so far and to improve the growth environment of the trees.

The green belt along Gyeongnam-daero was created in 1998 as a soundproof hill along the main road during residential land development, and trees such as Himalayan cedar, ginkgo, and arborvitae were planted. While it serves beneficial functions such as noise prevention for residential convenience and mitigation of urban heat islands, complaints regarding sunlight rights from nearby apartment residents have continued as the trees have grown for over 20 years.

Mayor Kim said, “We will be careful in this tree maintenance work to ensure satisfaction for both the residents of the nearby apartments and those who use the green belt. We will also do our best to provide citizens with a safe and pleasant green space.”

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