Guri-si Pursues Citizen Safety Through Community-Based Projects

Regular Press Briefing... Announcement of Major Policy Plans by the Safety City Bureau
Conducting Disaster Response Safety Korea Training and Fire Suppression Drills
Creating a Safe City through Support for Housing Projects

Kim Cheon-bok, Director of the Safety City Bureau of Guri City, is holding the regular press briefing for the third week of October 2024 on the 17th at the comprehensive situation room on the 3rd floor of the city hall main building.

The city of Guri, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun) is safeguarding citizen safety by assessing disaster response capabilities through fire suppression and life rescue training. It is also creating conditions for urban equity and smooth housing project implementation by revising the urban planning ordinance.

On the 17th, Guri held a regular press briefing to announce the major policy promotion plans of the Safety City Bureau with these contents.

The city plans to conduct the "2024 Disaster Response Safety Korea Drill" at Guri Station on Subway Line 8 on the 22nd. The drill will be conducted jointly with related organizations, private and social groups within the jurisdiction, focusing on establishing a cooperation system and strengthening disaster response capabilities.

The drill is designed to respond to a disaster accident that occurred when citizens, startled by a stabbing rampage on the platform, became crowded on a 65-meter-long transfer escalator. The city plans to conduct a realistic drill by setting up an on-site emergency medical center and assigning tasks.

More than 300 personnel and about 40 pieces of equipment, including fire trucks, ambulances, and aerial ladder trucks, will be deployed from Guri City Hall, Seoul Metro, Guri Fire Station, Guri Police Station, the 73rd Infantry Division of the Army, Korea Electric Power Corporation, and others.

Recently, the city promulgated a partial amendment to the urban planning ordinance, mainly raising the floor area ratio in the Type 3 General Residential Area.

Accordingly, the floor area ratio of the Type 3 General Residential Area will be raised from the existing 280% to the maximum legal floor area ratio limit of 300%. In accordance with the revision of the higher law, the standards for hearing residents' opinions during the urban management plan formulation were revised. Regulations related to non-urban areas were also revised, and amendments to other laws were reflected.

The city plans to maintain the sidewalks around Jangja Lake Park Station on Line 8 by the end of November.

The city will maintain a 550-meter section from Exit 2 of Jangja Lake Park Station toward Guri Police Station. This section is frequently used by residents commuting to and from Jangja Lake Park. Normally, unevenness occurs due to tree roots, and sidewalk blocks are damaged, causing inconvenience to residents.

The city plans to repair the necessary sections first with a budget of 200 million KRW. The city is accepting applications for this year's apartment subsidy support project until the 25th.

This project supports costs needed for maintenance and management of common facilities in apartments within the jurisdiction. Eligible targets are apartments that have passed the usage inspection date by more than five years. However, rental apartments are excluded.

The city plans to support up to 60% of the total project cost, with a maximum of 50 million KRW, for 31 projects such as road repairs within the selected apartment complexes, exterior wall painting, and replacement of old elevators. For apartments with fewer than 200 households, if the total project cost is less than 5 million KRW, support can be up to 90%.

Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun of Guri said, "We will do our utmost to ensure that Guri citizens can live safely," and added, "We will carefully manage even the smallest safety aspects in daily life so that Guri can be safe anytime and anywhere."

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