Suwon City and KEPCO Gyeonggi Headquarters Sign Agreement on Street Tree Management Near Distribution Lines

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City and Korea Electric Power Corporation's Gyeonggi Headquarters signed a memorandum of understanding on street tree management near distribution lines on the 18th at the Suwon City Park and Greenery Project Office in Gwonseon-gu.

In accordance with the agreement to create a safe street tree environment, KEPCO's Gyeonggi Headquarters will provide partial financial support for the low-height street tree planting project undertaken by Suwon City this year in the Hwaseo Four-way intersection area (Dongmal·Hwayang-ro).

Street trees near high-voltage lines often undergo frequent pruning work, resulting in poor growth in many cases. Suwon City will plant low-height street trees with a maximum height of 12 meters and will receive 15 million won in support from KEPCO's Gyeonggi Headquarters.

The agreement signing ceremony was attended by Heo Ui-haeng, Director of Suwon City Park and Greenery Project Office, and Hwang Young-ik, Director of Power Project of KEPCO's Gyeonggi Headquarters, among others.

Heo Ui-haeng, Director of Suwon City Park and Greenery Project Office, said, "Low-height street trees help prevent safety accidents such as power outages" and "We will continue to promote our agreement with KEPCO to manage the street tree environment in the Suwon area more safely."

Meanwhile, Suwon City and KEPCO have been continuously cooperating, including signing a memorandum of understanding in 2016 on street tree pruning work for trees in contact with high-voltage lines.