Eunpyeong-gu, Full Effort for Proactive Winter Road Snow Removal Response

Proactive Response Measures and Enhancement of Snow Removal Capabilities through Smart Snow Removal Integrated Management System

Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) announced that as part of making Eunpyeong safe, it has prepared a 'Winter Snow Removal Plan' and will operate a Disaster (Snow Removal) Safety Headquarters from the 15th of last month until March 15 of next year.

Eunpyeong-gu has established a smart integrated snow removal management system by installing road heating cables and remote automatic brine devices and managing them integrally. This year, 950 meters of heating cables were installed on one route besides the road around Eungam Elementary School, and additional mobile brine devices were installed in eight vulnerable sections including Bulgwang-dong.

Currently, the district integrally manages a total of 2.52 km of road heating cables at seven locations including village bus routes, 212 mobile brine devices on side roads and hill roads, and 2.4 km of fixed brine devices in vulnerable sections of main roads.

As an improvement measure for snow removal, 18 snow removal machines for sidewalks will be deployed to clear snow on sections where the sidewalk width is 3 meters or more, and a route responsibility system for vulnerable sections of side roads and sidewalks will be operated for rapid response to heavy snowfall.

In addition, 2,260 tons of snow removal agents such as calcium chloride and salt have been secured, and snow removal boxes are placed at 558 locations on main and side roads for residents to use, thoroughly preparing for pre-snow removal work.

Due to the mountainous terrain characteristics of Eunpyeong-gu, there are many sloped side roads and many low-rise houses, making the snow removal environment relatively poor. Accordingly, the district is supplying small snow removal vehicle spreaders and blowers to all neighborhood community centers to enable easy snow removal even in narrow alleys.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, “We will do our best to respond quickly to unexpected heavy snowfall so that residents do not experience inconvenience,” and added, “We ask all residents to actively cooperate in clearing snow in front of their homes and stores.”

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