Maintenance of Entrance to Hwikyung Underground Passage in Dongdaemun-gu
Closure of Huigyeong Underpass Entrances 1 and 2 Improves Resident Passage and Driver Visibility
Dongdaemun-gu (District Mayor Lee Pil-hyung) announced on the 27th that it has completed the renovation of the entrances 1 and 2 of Hwikyung Underground Passage, which had been installed on narrow sidewalks causing inconvenience to residents' passage.
Hwikyung Underground Passage has served as an underground connecting corridor crossing Mangu-ro since 1995, but recently, with the installation of crosswalks around the underground passage, its function as a road crossing has been lost. It is currently being used as a community space for revitalizing the village community called ‘Village Vitality Hwikyung Atelier’.
Until now, the entrances 1 and 2 of Hwikyung Underground Passage narrowed the sidewalk width, causing significant inconvenience to residents' passage. Additionally, the protruding entrance covers made it difficult for vehicle drivers to secure visibility, leading to continuous complaints requesting improvements to the entrances.
Accordingly, based on the results of the ‘Underground Passage Entrance Improvement Service’ conducted from April to July this year, construction began in August. Currently, entrance 1 has been reduced to an emergency evacuation route with a width of 1.2m, and entrance 2 has been completely removed to expand the sidewalk. With the removal of entrances 1 and 2, the ‘Hwikyung Atelier’ located underground can now be accessed via entrances 3 and 4 across the road.
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Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “In response to the changing conditions around Mangu-ro, we have renovated the Hwikyung Underground Passage entrances that had caused inconvenience to residents and created a wide pedestrian path. We will continue to improve elements throughout the streets that cause inconvenience and threaten safety to create a safe and pleasant Dongdaemun-gu.”
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