Suwon-Maegyo District Redevelopment Zone to Bury Utility Lines Underground

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The roadside utility lines in the redevelopment area of Maegyo District in Suwon, which is being developed on a scale comparable to a mini-new city, will be buried underground.

The City of Suwon and four redevelopment unions in the Maegyo District area signed a "Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Underground Burial of Utility Lines in Redevelopment Areas" on the 24th at 4 p.m. in the Situation Room of City Hall.

Attendees included Suwon Deputy Mayor Jo Moo-young, Chairman Yun Sung-sik of the 113-6 District Union, Chairman Choi Woo-hyuk of the 115-6 District Union, Chairman Yu Seung-jin of the 115-8 (Paldal-8) District Union, and Chairman Yu Jae-man of the 115-9 (Paldal-10) District Union.

According to the agreement, the redevelopment unions will bear the project costs necessary for the construction of burying utility lines including utility poles and telecommunications poles on roadsides. The City will actively cooperate in the installation of underground utility lines.

The four redevelopment projects underway in the Maegyo District area of Paldal-gu are being promoted with a target completion date of 2023.

When the four redevelopment projects—113-6 District with 2,178 households, 115-6 District with 2,586 households, 115-8 District with 3,603 households, and 115-9 District with 3,432 households—are completed, a small new city housing approximately 12,000 households will be formed. This is expected to invigorate not only the surrounding commercial areas but also the original downtown.

Deputy Mayor Jo Moo-young stated, "I appreciate the redevelopment unions for their cooperation in creating a sound urban culture and improving the urban landscape through the underground burial of utility lines," and added, "I hope the voluntary participation of the redevelopment project areas currently underway will spread as a model case."