Assemblyman Park Ji-won, Aphae~Songgong National Road No. 2 Expansion Progressing Smoothly

Total Project Cost of 39.2 Billion Won Invested, Completion by 2025
Seeking Win-Win Development of Mokpo-Shinan through Traffic Congestion Relief and Stay-Type Tourism Belt

Assemblyman Park Ji-won

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Seo Young-seo] Representative Park Ji-won (Mokpo, Jeonnam, Minsheng Party) announced on the 6th that the Ap-hae∼Songgong and Sinjang∼Bokryong national road expansion projects leading to the Shinan Cheonsa Bridge are progressing smoothly.

The Ap-hae∼Songgong national road expansion project involves investing a total project cost of 39.2 billion KRW (entirely national funds) by 2025 to improve 7.4 km of two-lane road facilities, and some sections (3.9 km) will be expanded to a variable three-lane road. The necessity for this has greatly increased since the opening of the Cheonsa Bridge in April last year.

Representative Park said, “At the request of Park Woo-ryang, Shinan County Governor, last year, we proposed to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to increase the project cost by 6.8 billion KRW, securing a budget of 15 billion KRW this year including the variable three-lane expansion.” He added, “Recently, a bid announcement was issued to the Public Procurement Service, and the construction company is expected to be selected around the 7th of next month. We will actively support shortening the construction period as much as possible to complete the construction promptly.”

He continued, “Many tourist buses visiting Cheonsa Bridge avoid traffic congestion on Ap-hae Island and pass through Unnam Bridge to Gwangju. Once National Road No. 2 is expanded and improved, it will alleviate traffic congestion and attract many tourists to Mokpo.” He emphasized, “Recently selected as one of the four major regional tourism hub cities, Mokpo, a key point for land, sea, and air transportation, will be connected with Shinan, the Angel Island, to form a stay-type tourism belt. Together with Mayor Kim Jong-sik and Governor Park Woo-ryang, we will seek a Mokpo?Shinan win-win development model.”

Meanwhile, the Sinjang∼Bokryong national road facility improvement project, which began in 2017, is a project to improve a 10.6 km section with a total project cost of 49.4 billion KRW by 2022. A budget of 7 billion KRW has been secured this year, and construction is underway.

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