Yongin City Launches Full-Scale Heavy Snow Response for Citizen Safety

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun, Reporter] Yongin City announced on the 18th that it has designated the period until March 15 next year as the snow removal readiness period and is preparing to operate pre- and post-snow removal work on major roads in the city for citizen safety.

To this end, the city has secured 112 snow removal vehicles and approximately 12,700 tons of de-icer, and installed brine spray devices and heating cables at 65 snow removal-vulnerable sections of roads where icing frequently occurs, such as mountain passes and shaded areas.

In particular, this year the city secured 900 million won in Gyeonggi Province budget to install LED road safety signs at 24 locations including Jeongsuri Pass in Yangji-myeon, Cheoin-gu, and is additionally installing brine spray devices at three locations including Myobong Pass in Idong-eup, Cheoin-gu.

The city also coordinated all city hall departments and eup-myeon-dong leaders to organize snow removal teams by road, and has established a three-tier emergency duty system based on snowfall levels.

On the 23rd of last month, the city conducted joint traffic control and snow removal drills with the police, assuming a scenario where roads become paralyzed due to heavy snow, and held a snow removal countermeasures meeting with the Suwon National Highway Management Office, police, and fire department on the 12th to discuss rapid snow removal procedures.

A city official said, "We will make our utmost effort in winter snow removal to protect citizen safety from heavy snow and prevent inconvenience caused by road icing."

Meanwhile, the city has received positive evaluations, being selected as an excellent organization for two consecutive years in Gyeonggi Province's winter road snow removal evaluation.