Provincial Assembly Member Shin Eui-jun Urges 'National Road Upgrade' for Wando-Goheung Coastal Tourist Road

Assemblyman Shin Eui-jun (Democratic Party of Korea·Wando 2) has launched a petition campaign to upgrade the national road between Wando and Goheung together with heads of organizations and institutions. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Council

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] The Jeonnam Provincial Council announced on the 6th that Assemblyman Shin Eui-jun (Democratic Party·Wando 2) conducted a "Wando-Goheung National Road Upgrade Petition Campaign" with social institution leaders including the Geumil-eup Prosperity Association targeting returning holiday travelers during the Chuseok holiday period.

Currently, the Southwest Coast Tourism Belt connecting Busan in Jeonnam is hindered by a discontinuity in the land and island bridges between Wando and Goheung, which is an obstacle to creating a world-class Southwest Coast tourism and leisure belt through tourism resource development.

The land and island bridge projects connecting island areas via local roads are facing prolonged delays due to limitations in securing local government funding, making it necessary to upgrade to a national road to enable government-level budget support for prompt project implementation.

Assemblyman Shin Eui-jun urged, "Please upgrade the coastal tourist road section from Wando Gogeum to Goheung Geogeum (Local Road No. 830) to National Road No. 27 to expand the national arterial road network to island areas."

Once the coastal tourist road connecting islands between Wando and Goheung is established, it is expected to improve accessibility and tourism activation, as well as serve as a turning point for improving residents' quality of life and regional balanced development through the land bridge project (5 marine bridges totaling 10.2 km, connecting roads 17.2 km).

Assemblyman Shin Eui-jun stated, "To guarantee the basic transportation rights of local residents and resolve economic and social disparities between regions, a complete metropolitan transportation network must be established in the Southwest Coast," adding, "We will make every effort to promptly promote the land and island bridge project through changing the starting point of National Road No. 27."

Meanwhile, on May 12, Assemblyman Shin Eui-jun strongly urged the Blue House, National Assembly, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to upgrade Local Road No. 830 to National Road No. 27 by representing the "Petition to Upgrade Local Road No. 830 to a National Road for the Creation of the Southwest Coast Tourism and Leisure Belt" at the 1st plenary session of the 341st extraordinary meeting.

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