Minimizing Inconvenience for Residents in Safety, Prices, Transportation, and Daily Life

Gijang County (County Governor Jeong Jong-bok) announced on the 23rd that it will implement comprehensive measures in areas closely related to residents' daily lives to minimize inconvenience to residents during the Lunar New Year holiday period (January 25 to January 30).


Until January 30, the county will implement comprehensive measures in areas including ▲ disaster and safety management ▲ stabilization of the living economy ▲ traffic and transportation measures ▲ emergency medical treatment measures ▲ rapid handling of environmental maintenance and civil complaints ▲ and the spread of a sharing culture for marginalized groups.


First, to strengthen various disaster prevention and safety management activities, a total of 324 personnel from five task forces?General Control Team, Disaster Situation Team, Environmental Cleaning Team, Traffic Measures Team, and Quarantine Measures Team?will be deployed for situation monitoring and on-site duties during the holiday period.


Along with this, as a price stabilization measure, the county will monitor the supply status and price trends of essential goods, conduct continuous price monitoring on 20 key management items, and strengthen price guidance and enforcement. To ensure smooth traffic flow, a traffic measures situation room will be operated, and for the transportation of visitors to ancestral graves, additional city buses will be deployed, village bus routes temporarily changed, and temporary parking lots for visitors secured.


To maintain a clean Gijang County, a large-scale cleaning campaign will be conducted before and after the Lunar New Year holiday, and efforts to educate against illegal dumping and special crackdowns will be carried out. Support projects for low-income vulnerable groups and solitary elderly without family will also be promoted to create a generous and warm holiday atmosphere.


In particular, an emergency medical treatment situation room composed of doctors and nurses within the public health center will be operated, and the operation status of 272 hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies open during the Lunar New Year holiday will be checked. Daily monitoring will be conducted to check for any reduction in emergency medical institutions, focusing on minimizing medical service gaps during the holiday period.



Jeong Jong-bok, Governor of Gijang County, said, “Through the thorough implementation of comprehensive measures during the Lunar New Year holiday, we will actively support both residents and returning visitors to have a safe and enjoyable holiday without any inconvenience.”

Gijang County Office.

Gijang County Office.

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