Common Utility Tunnel
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- Common Utility Tunnel
The Common Utility Tunnel is a national infrastructure that is installed underground to improve city aesthetics, preserve road structures, and facilitate traffic by jointly accommodating underground facilities such as electricity, gas, and water supply facilities; communication facilities; and sewage facilities.
The city of Gumi, where the largest national industrial complex was built thanks to the government's export support policy in the early 1970s, established a common utility tunnel in accordance with the Industrial Location and Development Act in December 1979 in Songjeong-dong, the administrative and financial center of the city. After the fire incident in Yeouido, Seoul on February 18, 2000, the importance of a common utility tunnel was highlighted, and on June 8, 2001, it was designated as a national important facility (“Class C”). Through a joint inspection by the Office of Government Policy Coordination and the Board of Audit and Inspection, comprehensive safety measures were prepared and functional improvements were carried out on a large scale.
As the management tasks were transferred from the City of Gumi to the Gumi Infrastructure Corporation on July 1, 2002, a more advanced management system was established, including unification of management entities and strengthening of patrols and safety inspections.
In addition, the Common Utility Tunnel strives to prevent various disasters that may occur in cases of emergency by making continuous efforts to reinforce and improve facilities and firefighting, disaster prevention, and security equipment; increase the efficiency of maintenance and operations; and rationalize other related laws and systems.
- Facility area : 6,885 ㎡ (length 1,530 m, width 4.5 m, height 3 m)
- Main facilities : 15 vents, 22 manholes