New Road-Name Addresses to Be Implemented in Suwon and Other Cities Starting the 5th

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 4th that it will pilot the new addressing system based on road names, starting from the 5th, in 17 cities including Suwon and Seongnam.

A provincial official stated, "Among 31 cities and counties in the province, only 17 cities including Suwon have completed the construction of new addresses based on road names and building numbers, so we have decided to pilot them starting from the 5th," and added, "These areas will finalize the new addresses around August after gathering public opinion."

For this purpose, the province assigned 22,355 road names to these areas and installed 30,968 road-name signs and 484,919 building number signs.

The province plans to complete the new address marking work by the end of this year for eight cities and counties including Yongin, Gimpo, Paju, and Yeoncheon; by next year for three areas including Hwaseong, Anseong, and Pyeongtaek; and by 2009 for three cities and counties including Namyangju, Yangpyeong, and Gapyeong.

The road-name address system replaces the existing naming convention using administrative divisions (eup, myeon, dong) and lot numbers with the name of the adjacent road and a unique building number newly assigned to each building, and is used by most countries worldwide. New Addresses in Suwon and 17 Other Cities to Be Applied First
Gyeonggi Province to Finalize in August After Gathering Public Opinion

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 4th that it will pilot the new addressing system based on road names, starting from the 5th, in 17 cities including Suwon and Seongnam.

A provincial official stated, "Among 31 cities and counties in the province, only 17 cities including Suwon have completed the construction of new addresses based on road names and building numbers, so we have decided to pilot them starting from the 5th," and added, "These areas will finalize the new addresses around August after gathering public opinion."

For this purpose, the province assigned 22,355 road names to these areas and installed 30,968 road-name signs and 484,919 building number signs.

The province plans to complete the new address marking work by the end of this year for eight cities and counties including Yongin, Gimpo, Paju, and Yeoncheon; by next year for three areas including Hwaseong, Anseong, and Pyeongtaek; and by 2009 for three cities and counties including Namyangju, Yangpyeong, and Gapyeong.

The road-name address system replaces the existing naming convention using administrative divisions (eup, myeon, dong) and lot numbers with the name of the adjacent road and a unique building number newly assigned to each building, and is used by most countries worldwide.