"No Safety Gaps for Citizens"… Namyangju City Conducts On-Site Inspections for Flood Preparedness amid Acting Mayor System

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] On the 11th, Namyangju City conducted on-site inspections of flood-vulnerable areas and key disaster prevention facilities in preparation for summer natural disasters.

The inspection was attended by Acting Mayor Kim Sang-soo and heads of related departments, who visited in sequence Sinhachwon Village in Toegyewon-eup, Jingeon Drainage Pump Station, and the automatic vehicle blocking system installation site at the underground underpass in Dasan-dong.

The Sinhachwon Village area in Toegyewon-eup, visited first, is working to prevent recurrence of damage through installation of water-blocking panels, CCTV surveys of sewage pipes, road repairs, and dredging. The city plans to construct a detention basin with a capacity of 2,450 cubic meters and install two 30-horsepower drainage pumps to enhance internal drainage capacity and minimize flood risks by completing major construction phases before the rainy season.

The Jingeon Drainage Pump Station is a core disaster prevention facility for flood prevention, equipped with a retention basin area of 26,950 square meters and 8 drainage pumps with a drainage capacity of 3,420 tons per minute.

Additionally, the automatic vehicle blocking system installation project at Jungchon 1, Jungchon 2, and Donong underground underpasses is designed to automatically control vehicle entry in case of emergency situations such as underpass flooding, with entrance blocking equipment, electronic signboards, water level gauges, and CCTV cameras to be installed.

Acting Mayor Kim Sang-soo said, "Advance prevention is more important than post-disaster recovery in disaster response," and added, "We will more carefully monitor issues directly related to citizen safety including flood-vulnerable areas, drainage pump stations, and underground underpass blocking facilities, and immediately supplement identified matters to expeditiously push forward reinforcement measures by area before the rainy season."