On the 7th, when the strongest cold wave in winter came, a train is passing at the station in front of the metropolitan subway line No.1. yunhap news
On the afternoon of the 12th, when a lot of snow fell in Seoul and the metropolitan area, the city of Seoul began working in the second phase of emergency. On this day, the intensive dispatching time for public transport such as buses and subways will be extended by two hours from the usual time until 10:00 pm. On the morning of that day, when the Meteorological Administration predicted the amount of snowfall in the metropolitan area to be 1-3 cm, the city of Seoul entered the first phase of emergency work at noon. In the afternoon, when the snow became strong, the Seoul Metropolitan Government upgraded the emergency work at 3:40 pm to the second stage, and 33 snow removal agencies, including autonomous districts and facilities, and about 8,000 people and 1,000 snow removal vehicles began snow removal, such as spraying snow removal agents. In addition, the city extends the intensive dispatching time for public transportation such as buses and subways at work hours on the 12th from 6 to 10 pm, compared to the usual (6 to 8 pm). On the 13th, the rush hour for intensive public transportation has also been increased by 30 minutes to operate from 7 am to 9:30 am. In addition, he requested the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency to cooperate to prevent delays in the operation of snow-plow vehicles due to traffic congestion during work hours. However, due to the current temperature and snowfall conditions, we are not considering raising the highest level of 3 stages. A Seoul city official said, “Today, snow may continue until the end of the day, so citizens are advised to refrain from using cars and use public transportation when they leave work.” “The second stage of emergency work will begin when more than 5 cm of snow accumulates. , We raised the stage preemptively.” Prior to this, the Seoul Metropolitan Government apologized to the authorities of Seo Jeong-hyeop as citizens suffered great inconvenience due to insufficient snow removal work during heavy snowfall on the 6th to 7th. By Kim Yang-jin, staff reporter [email protected]