Pyeongtaek City "New Apartment Electric Vehicle Parking Lots to Be Installed Above Ground"

Support for Costs When Moving Existing Complex from Underground to Above Ground

From now on, newly built apartments in Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, must, in principle, have electric vehicle parking lots on the ground level. This measure is to prevent large-scale damage following a recent electric vehicle fire in an underground parking lot of an apartment complex in Cheongna District, Incheon.

Jinhyung Kim (center), Director of the Urban Housing Bureau of Pyeongtaek City, is announcing measures related to electric vehicle fires during an online briefing.
[Photo by Pyeongtaek City]

On the 13th, Pyeongtaek City announced the "Underground Parking Electric Vehicle Fire Response Plan" containing these details through an online briefing.

During the briefing, the city stated that from September, apartment complexes and other multi-family housing undergoing building review must, in principle, install electric vehicle parking lots on the ground level. If it is unavoidable to install electric vehicle parking lots underground, the city plans to consult with the fire department to group parking spaces together and surround the area with firewalls.

For existing multi-family housing complexes, if electric vehicle parking lots or charging facilities located underground are relocated to the ground level, the city intends to support relocation costs through existing multi-family housing support projects.

The city will also provide suffocation fire suppression covers, which can effectively extinguish electric vehicle fires, to local fire stations, and jointly with Gyeonggi-do, conduct a full survey of electric vehicle facilities in multi-family housing complexes. During the investigation, the city will check whether sprinklers in underground parking lots are operational, and if any facilities vulnerable to safety are found, immediate corrective actions will be taken.

Kim Jin-hyung, Director of the Urban Housing Bureau of Pyeongtaek City, said, "We will review and implement various measures, including this plan, to create a safe residential environment."

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