Red Boundary Stakes Used for Land Marking Changed to Eco-Friendly Material

Published 05 Apr.2022 11:30(KST)

[Asia Economy Reporter Tae-min Ryu] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 5th that it has revised the enforcement rules on the 6th to omit the red paint coating on wooden boundary markers (stakes) used in cadastral surveying and to use the raw wood material as is, effective from that day.

Boundary markers are stakes installed to visually confirm the location of boundary points after completing cadastral surveying. To facilitate visual identification, red paint and red protective caps have been used until now. On average, 3.02 million markers are used annually, and the paint used for red coating amounts to 15 tons.

Last year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport consulted with the Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation, the cadastral surveying agency, to change the boundary markers to eco-friendly materials and revised related regulations. From now on, the red painted parts buried in the ground will be replaced with raw wood.

Kang Ju-yeop, Director of Land Information Policy at the Ministry, said, "Through this revision, the 15 tons of red paint work used on boundary markers can be omitted, resulting in an economic saving effect of 5.5% per boundary marker, along with a carbon reduction effect by eliminating volatile organic compounds generated during paint use."