Yongin Special City said on the 14th it will implement a "road facility safety inspection labeling system" so anyone can see the safety inspection history and results for pedestrian overpasses and retaining walls in the area.
The road facility safety inspection labeling system is a policy promoted to ease citizens' concerns about safety accidents for facilities such as pedestrian overpasses and retaining walls and to increase transparency in facility management.
A total of 64 locations are subject to this round of sign installations. They are road facilities under the "Facility Safety Act," including 54 pedestrian overpasses frequently used by citizens and 10 mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls.
The facility safety information sign will record the results of the most recent regular safety inspection. The sign also includes a QR code so users can check the facility's safety status with a smartphone and conveniently use complaint-reporting procedures such as Safety e-Report.
The signs were installed at eye level for users of the facilities, such as inside pedestrian overpass elevators and on stair railings.
Yongin City plans to gradually expand the attachment of safety inspection signs to road facilities across the area.
A Yongin City official said, "We decided to disclose the inspection results transparently to relieve citizens' vague anxiety that facilities may be old or that a safety accident might occur," adding, "We will do our best to build deep trust that the administration puts safety first and to create a safe road environment that citizens can feel."