Gwangju City "Baegun Overpass Demolition, Please Use Detour Roads"

Access Restricted Due to Demolition Starting June 4... Measures Established to Minimize Citizen Inconvenience

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City has established a traffic plan to alleviate citizen traffic inconvenience due to the demolition of Baegun Overpass scheduled for the 4th of next month.

According to Gwangju City on the 28th, before starting the demolition work of Baegun Overpass, additional lanes will be added on the roads from Nam-gu Office to Namgwangju direction, from Namgwangju to Baegun Square direction, and from Baegun Square to Dong-A Hospital direction, securing at least two access lanes to increase road capacity.

Also, one location within the Baegun Overpass intersection (Dong-A Hospital → Baegun Elementary School direction) will prohibit left turns, and left turns will be allowed at five locations around Baegun Square, changing the surrounding signal system accordingly.

Traffic inconvenience will be resolved by organizing detour routes in four directions.

The Urban Railway Construction Headquarters plans to complete the demolition of the overpass structure by November and will construct the urban railway and underground road by 2023 after the overpass demolition is completed.

An Joo-hyun, head of construction at the Urban Railway Construction Headquarters, said, “Since lanes will be controlled during the construction period, causing vehicle congestion and safety concerns, vehicles using Baegun Square are requested to check real-time traffic information and construction notice promotions, use detour routes, and drive slowly.”

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