Five Local Governments Including Hwaseong City Launch Coordinated Response for Safe and Transparent Shin-Ansan Line Construction

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Hwaseong Special City has launched a coordinated response system at the local government level to ensure safe and transparent railway construction of the Shin-Ansan Line.

Hwaseong Special City Mayor Jung Myeong-geun attended a meeting held on the 15th at the Gwangmyeong City Hall conference room and signed a 'joint petition for safe construction of the Shin-Ansan Line' together with Gwangmyeong Mayor Park Seung-won, Ansan Mayor Lee Min-geun, Anyang Mayor Choi Dae-ho, and Siheung Mayor Lim Byung-taek.

The adoption of this petition was prompted by deep concerns over a collapse accident that recently occurred at the Shin-Ansan Line construction site. The five municipal mayors expressed regret over the casualties and confusion in local communities caused by the accident, and reached consensus that efforts to prevent similar accidents from recurring are necessary.

The petition requests △establishment of a public-private-expert cooperation system by the project operator △institutional measures to enable local governments to conduct construction site inspections and participate in accident investigation committees within their regions △government-level special management and support to normalize railway operations including recovery of the Shin-Ansan Line accident site △regularization of working-level meetings between local governments and the project operator △implementation of precise safety inspections for the entire Shin-Ansan Line section.

In particular, Mayor Jung and the five municipal mayors urged the resolution of public anxiety and the establishment of trust in safe construction, while promising to continue cooperating and responding jointly with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Korea Railroad Corporation, the project operator, and the construction company for safe and transparent implementation of the Shin-Ansan Line project.

Mayor Jung Myeong-geun emphasized, "The Shin-Ansan Line is expected to play an important role in improving transportation convenience in the western and southern areas of Hwaseong City, but above all, safety must be ensured as the top priority."

The five municipal mayors also stated, "Through this joint petition, we will do our utmost to restore construction safety and public confidence in the Shin-Ansan Line construction project, and to make the Shin-Ansan Line a model case of a national project built through cooperation and mutual development between the national government and local governments."