Osan City Brightens Urban Darkness Through Street Light Illumination Improvement

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Osan City announced on the 16th that it is promoting a street light illumination improvement project in the city.

The city plans to implement a project over the next two years to replace street light converters from 80w to 125~150w on collector roads and auxiliary arterial roads.

The project targets the northern region of the city, including Naessammi-ro, and plans to expand the project city-wide to include National Route 1, Sukmowon-ro, Nambu Daero, and Osan Station-ro.

The city anticipates that implementing the project will brighten street lights by approximately 1.5 times, which is expected to somewhat improve pedestrian safety for citizens during nighttime hours.

Previously, the city promoted an LED replacement project as part of an ESCO (Energy Service Company) initiative during the former administration of the seventh civilian government. However, the city had received complaints from citizens that street lights were dim, making roads dark.

In response, Mayor Lee took on the project after assuming office in the eighth civilian government administration, with the aim of minimizing citizen inconvenience and creating a safe and bright city.

In particular, Mayor Lee directly visited Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Province Council's People Power Party to secure budget for the project, during which he secured 644 million won in special adjustment grants from Gyeonggi Province.

Mayor Lee Kwon-jae stated, "Street lights fulfill their function only when they can help citizens conduct nighttime activities safely," and added, "Going forward, I will make all-out efforts to secure budget so that street light illumination throughout all regions of Osan can be improved."