Waterproofing Repairs Underway at Suwon Agricultural and Aquatic Products Wholesale Market

The Suwon Agricultural and Aquatic Products Wholesale Market (Director Jeong Gu-sang), which has been experiencing water leaks due to aging building infrastructure, began repair work starting the 25th for approximately 10 days.

An inspection revealed that among the six buildings currently within the wholesale market, three buildings—the Fruit Building, Aquatic Products Building, and the Wastewater Treatment Facility—are showing water leakage in 14 locations (total length 77m) on their concrete slab roofs.

In response, the city plans to conduct waterproofing repairs starting the 25th at a project cost of 9.7 million won.

An official at the Agricultural and Aquatic Products Wholesale Market stated, "Given how aged the building is and the nature of concrete slab roofs that corrode easily, rainwater is seeping in at the joints. Since this is relatively simple construction work, there should be no inconvenience to merchants' operations or citizens using the facility."

Meanwhile, the Agricultural and Aquatic Products Wholesale Market located in Gwonseon-dong, Gwonseon-gu (with a scale of 21,698 square meters) opened in February 1993 and attracts approximately 9,500 citizens daily. It is directly operated by the city.