Dongducheon City 'Traffic Safety Policy Deliberation Committee' Newly Appointed

Dongducheon City held the 2017 Dongducheon City Traffic Safety Policy Deliberation Committee meeting at the City Hall Situation Room on the 5th.

Prior to the opening of the deliberation committee on that day, the Dongducheon City Mayor, who serves as committee chair, removed members whose terms had expired from among the total 11 members of the Dongducheon City Traffic Safety Policy Deliberation Committee and newly appointed 6 members including City Councilman Kim Dong-chul.

Additionally, at the deliberation committee, reports were received on the results of feasibility studies for 4 major traffic plans for Dongducheon City over a 5-year period (2017-2021): the Third Medium-Term Plan for Urban Traffic Improvement and Year-by-Year Implementation Plan, the Third Comprehensive Public Transportation Plan, the Third Plan for Promoting Transportation Convenience for Traffic-Vulnerable Groups, and the Third Traffic Safety Master Plan. The Third Dongducheon City Traffic Safety Master Plan was submitted as a deliberation item and was deliberated and approved.

The city plans to present a vision of creating a green traffic safety city in the Traffic Safety Master Plan and set policy directions including reducing road traffic accidents by 40%, reducing accidents among traffic-vulnerable groups by 50%, and raising awareness of compliance with traffic regulations. The city will systematically implement traffic accident prevention improvement measures such as expanding the installation of traffic safety facilities by sector.

The approved Traffic Safety Master Plan will be submitted to Gyeonggi Province and finalized through notification and public announcement.