Gyeonggi Province will conduct safety inspections and accident prevention campaigns for vulnerable facilities such as retaining walls, stone walls, earth retaining structures, and slopes until April 2, in response to the thawing season.
The main inspection targets are 3,967 major facilities in the province that are at risk of safety accidents during the thawing season. Among these, Gyeonggi Province will directly oversee inspections of 133 facilities, including bridges, retaining walls, large-scale construction sites, disaster recovery project sites, river maintenance construction sites, and aging buildings.
Especially this year, due to heavier snowfall and rainfall than usual and prolonged cold waves, there is a higher possibility of ground subsidence and freeze-thaw phenomena, requiring special attention.
Gyeonggi Province has formed a joint inspection team consisting of city and county facility management departments, private experts, public officials in charge of safety inspections, and private facility managers to check ▲ cracks, subsidence, and pothole occurrences in structures ▲ erosion of slopes and damage to rockfall prevention nets ▲ drainage facility conditions around buildings ▲ cracks and deformations in stone walls and retaining walls.
Minor issues found during inspections will be immediately corrected on-site, and facilities requiring repair, reinforcement, or detailed safety diagnosis will have emergency measures such as usage restriction signs and control lines installed on-site, followed by appropriate subsequent actions to ensure safety.
Lee Jong-don, Director of the Safety Management Office of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "This inspection is to prepare in advance for safety accidents that may occur due to ground weakening caused by thawing during the thawing season," and emphasized, "Gyeonggi Province will continue efforts to create a safe living environment that residents can feel."
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