Seongnam City 추진 of Traffic Improvement Measures for 'National Road No. 57'

[Asia Economy (Seongnam) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province will sign a contract on the 24th for a traffic improvement plan service for Nationally Supported Local Road (Gukjido) No. 57.

This is a follow-up measure to the 'Joint Promotion of Traffic Improvement Measures for Gukjido No. 57' agreement signed between Seongnam City and Gwangju City on December 23 last year.

The service, with a budget of 400 million KRW, will be undertaken by Yushin Co., Ltd., which will establish traffic improvement measures for a 10.7 km section from Seongnam Pangyo Interchange to Gwangju Opo to Neungpyeong Intersection over one year.

Feasibility studies including cost-benefit analysis (BC) related to subway introduction or new road construction will also be conducted.

This section experiences traffic congestion with an average daily traffic volume of 74,000 vehicles and an average travel speed of 21 km/h.

Based on the feasibility study results in July next year, Seongnam City plans to promote new road construction, introduction of new transportation modes such as subways, and improvements in public transportation like buses to disperse traffic volume in this section.

Seongnam City will jointly request cooperation from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Gyeonggi Province for the establishment and implementation of traffic improvement measures, aiming to promptly advance the road network and traffic improvement projects in the Seongnam-Gwangju section.

Kang Bong-su, head of the city's Traffic Planning Division, explained, "Among 610,000 vehicles entering the Seongnam area from other adjacent cities and counties, 220,000 vehicles (36%) come from the Gwangju area," adding, "It is difficult to improve vehicle flow with Seongnam City's own traffic improvement measures alone, so we are cooperating with Gwangju City to promote traffic convenience measures for citizens on both sides."

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