Gyeonggi-do to Add Heatwave Mitigation Facilities at 1,343 Locations This Year

Gyeonggi Province has begun preparing measures to respond to heatwaves by additionally installing heatwave reduction facilities at 1,343 locations such as bus stops this year.

On the 27th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it completed a demand survey by city and county for life-oriented heatwave reduction facilities such as shade shelters and smart rest areas in preparation for the heatwave countermeasure period (May 20 to September 30), and provided the confirmed project budget of 1.98 billion KRW to the cities and counties.

This year, Gyeonggi Province will additionally install heatwave reduction facilities at 1,343 locations including major crosswalks and bus stops with high pedestrian traffic.

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This includes 1,016 existing fixed folding shade shelters, 300 smart shade shelters that automatically unfold by detecting external wind speed and temperature, and 27 bus stop smart rest areas equipped with cooling devices.

Currently, there are a total of 11,334 shade shelters installed in the province, including 10,037 fixed-type and 1,297 smart-type shelters. There are 150 bus stop smart rest areas.

Choo Dae-woon, Director of the Natural Disaster Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "We started preparations early to minimize damage to residents from heatwave disasters," adding, "Starting with the installation of shade shelters, we will establish a diverse and detailed prevention system to reduce heatwaves."

From 2019 to 2023, Gyeonggi Province supported cities and counties with 25.7 billion KRW from the provincial disaster management fund to expand heatwave reduction facilities.

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