Suwon City and Korea Electric Power Corporation Gyeonggi Division Sign Agreement on Street Tree Management Near Power Distribution Lines

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City and Korea Electric Power Corporation Gyeonggi Division signed a business agreement on street tree management near power distribution lines on the 18th at the Suwon City Parks and Greenbelt Business Office in Gwonseon District.

Under the agreement to create a safe street tree environment, Korea Electric Power Corporation Gyeonggi Division will provide part of the project funds for the low-height street tree planting project in the Hwaseo Intersection area (Dongmal and Hwayang-ro) that Suwon City promoted this year.

Street trees close to high-voltage lines often suffer from poor growth due to frequent pruning work. Suwon City is planting low-height street trees with a height of 12 meters or less and will receive 15 million won in support from Korea Electric Power Corporation Gyeonggi Division.

Heo Ui-haeng, Director of the Suwon City Parks and Greenbelt Business Office, and Hwang Young-ik, Head of the Power Business Division at Korea Electric Power Corporation Gyeonggi Division, attended the agreement signing ceremony.

“Low-height street trees help prevent safety accidents such as power outages,” said Heo Ui-haeng, Director of the Suwon City Parks and Greenbelt Business Office. “We will continue to promote cooperation with Korea Electric Power Corporation to manage street trees in the Suwon area more safely.”

Meanwhile, Suwon City and Korea Electric Power Corporation have been cooperating steadily, including signing a business agreement in 2016 on street tree pruning work that conflicts with high-voltage lines.