Anyang Mayor Choi Dae-ho Visits Control Center for Underground Tunnel Collapse Incident in Gwangmyeong Section

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Anyang Mayor Choi Dae-ho visited the emergency response headquarters control room in Iljik-dong, Gwangmyeong City, located at the site of the underground tunnel collapse in the Gwangmyeong section of the Shin-Ansan Line on the 18th.

On that day, Mayor Choi, along with city officials and Rep. Kang Deuk-gu, met with officials from NEXSTRAIN Co., Ltd., the project operator, and POSCO E&C;, the construction company, to share grievances from citizens and small business owners and intensively discuss measures to develop substantive countermeasures.

Due to the underground tunnel collapse accident in the Gwangmyeong section of the Shin-Ansan Line that occurred on April 11, residents of Nuwon Village and Hoxian Village in Bakdal-dong, Anyang City, adjacent to Gwangmyeong, are experiencing inconveniences in using public transportation and vehicle traffic, and small business owners are also facing difficulties in their operations.

Shortly after the accident, the city deployed a shuttle bus from Nuwon Village to Bakdal Library and operated it for over a month. Currently, the construction company is operating 3 shuttle buses.

Earlier, the city established on the 2nd of last month the "Shin-Ansan Line Collapse Accident Grievance Response Task Force (TF)" with 25 members, consisting of 4 functional divisions including civil complaints, transportation, psychological support, and on-site support, with Kim Dong-geun, director of the Road Traffic Bureau, serving as team leader, and is currently operating it.

Mayor Choi Dae-ho stated, "I am deeply sorry that citizens have been experiencing prolonged inconvenience due to this unexpected accident," and added, "I will mobilize all administrative capacity to implement swift and effective countermeasures so that citizens' lives return to normal."