Suwon Awarded Minister's Commendation for 2019 Road-Name Address Work Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Suwon was selected as an excellent local government in the '2019 Road-Name Address Work Merit Evaluation' sponsored by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and received a commendation from the Minister of Public Administration and Security. The awards ceremony was held on the 10th at Jeonju National University of Education.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security annually evaluates road-name address work merit, selects and honors local governments and individuals who have contributed to the establishment of road-name addresses, and discovers and publicizes exemplary cases.

The city received high scores by being recognized as an exemplary case for its 'Suwon-style Road-Name Address Work Improvement Measures.'

In particular, the city took the lead in establishing road-name addresses by implementing various policies including ▲constructing a database for road-name addresses at administrative district boundaries ▲granting detailed addresses in Suwon style and manufacturing and installing detailed address guide signs ▲establishing a mail one-stop automatic dispatch system ▲promoting road-name addresses in Suwon style.

For the first time in the nation, the city converted administrative district boundary data into a database and switched to a computerized automation method, and produced and distributed road-name address maps by dong and tong.

Additionally, the city selected densely populated one-room and multi-unit building areas as pilot dongs and, in cooperation with dong administrative welfare centers, granted detailed addresses through official authority. It processed 1,599 cases, equivalent to 473% of the city and county comprehensive evaluation target of 338 cases. Guide signs for 'Suwon-style detailed addresses' were installed on buildings granted detailed addresses.

The city also established a 'mail one-stop automatic dispatch system.' The mail one-stop automatic dispatch system automatically sends mail in cooperation with the postal service after granting detailed road-name addresses. When Suwon City transmits data to the postal service, mail is automatically printed and sent to the respective households. This reduced labor and budget expenditures and improved administrative efficiency.

Recently, the city held an 'Find the Object Address' SNS verification event for participants of the Gwanggyo Lake Park stamp tour, allowing citizens to naturally encounter object addresses while taking walks in the park.

Park Byeong-gyu, head of the City's Land Information Division, said, "We will continue to implement new projects to promote road-name addresses, including improving inconvenient road names and granting object addresses," adding, "We will create an environment where citizens can use road-name addresses as their living addresses without inconvenience."