'Please Refrain from Traveling During Lunar New Year Holidays' Gyeongnam Province Does Not Implement Toll Exemption on Private Roads
Request to Minimize Inter-Regional Travel to Prevent COVID-19 Resurgence
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Gyeongsangnam-do announced on the 3rd that it will not implement the toll exemption policy for three private toll roads?Geogadaero, Machang Bridge, and the Changwon~Busan road?scheduled to be conducted for three days from the 11th to the 13th during the holiday period.
Since 2017, Gyeongnam Province has established and implemented its own toll-free plans for three private toll roads in the province in line with the government's holiday highway toll-free policy.
However, during last year's Chuseok holiday period, toll-free passage on private toll roads was not provided as a COVID-19 quarantine measure.
This year as well, the government announced that from February 1 to 14, designated as a special quarantine period, highway tolls will be charged during the Lunar New Year holiday.
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Yoon In-guk, Director of the Future Strategy Bureau of the province, stated, "We ask residents to understand that this is to minimize interregional movement to prevent the resurgence of COVID-19," and added, "We will manage the private toll roads thoroughly to ensure that travelers using them during the Lunar New Year holiday do not experience any inconvenience."
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