Yangcheon District to Organize Spider Web-Like Overhead Cables... Launches Inbound Line Sharing Project

Selected as Pilot Project, Maintenance to Be Conducted in Sinwol 7-dong Area

On July 6, Yangcheon District in Seoul announced that it will fully implement the "inbound line sharing project," which aims to integrate overhead cables?currently tangled like a spider web, damaging the urban landscape and threatening safety?into a single line.

View of the pilot project site for inbound line sharing. Provided by Yangcheon District.

The "inbound line sharing project" involves installing shared housings and shared distributors on utility poles and building rooftops to consolidate the communication lines connecting utility poles to buildings into a single cable, thereby organizing the previously tangled wires. Yangcheon District was selected for the pilot project for two consecutive years and completed maintenance last year in the multi-family residential areas of Mok 1-dong and Sinjeong 2-dong.

This year, the maintenance area is the vicinity of 984-6, Sinwol 7-dong, which was selected through technical review and on-site inspection. This area is a densely populated multi-family residential zone where there have been continuous requests to address the proliferation of overhead cables in the alleyways.

The district, in cooperation with Korea Electric Power Corporation and telecommunications companies, will focus on tasks such as organizing sagging power and communication lines, tidying up tangled inbound lines, installing shared housings and distributors, and maintaining excessively installed broadcasting and communication equipment, starting next month.

This year, the district plans to maintain 42 kilometers of overhead cables on 965 utility poles and 248 communication poles by the end of the year. In addition, dangerous street trees on 70 routes, including Omok-ro, will be pruned to prevent fires or cable accidents caused by contact between communication lines and trees in advance.

Yangcheon District Mayor Lee Gijae stated, "Indiscriminately tangled overhead cables not only damage the urban landscape but also pose a threat to the safety of residents," adding, "We will do our utmost to create a safe and pleasant urban environment."