Haenam-gun Secures 1.0372 Trillion Won for National and Local Road Network Expansion Projects

Infrastructure Development Including the Southwestern Region Loop Road

Haenam-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam County, Jeollanam-do announced on the 5th that it is accelerating the road network expansion project by securing a project budget of 1.0372 trillion won for nine districts of national and local road expansion projects, which are SOC projects.

The area showing the greatest change is the southwestern region of Haenam, where construction of the National Road No. 77 from Maewol-ri, Hwawon-myeon to Amhaedo, Sinan-gun is scheduled to begin in the second half of this year.

This project, with a total length of 13.49 km and a budget of 482 billion won, will open the last unconnected section of National Road No. 77, including a 2.73 km underwater tunnel from Hwawon, Haenam to Dallido, Mokpo.

In particular, the road construction from Mokpo Gudeungdae to Yanghwa (L=2.64 km), which is linked to this, is currently 82% complete, and the section from Hwawon Husang to Jangsu (L=2.6 km) is under detailed design.

Once all projects are completed, a premium coastal road about 23 km long connecting Maewol-ri, Hwawon-myeon ? Mokpo Gudeungdae ? Jangsu-ri, Hwawon-myeon ? Osiano Tourist Complex will open, greatly contributing to the revitalization of tourism in the southwestern region.

The local road expansion project between Haenam and Daeheungsa (L=7.44 km) has also been advanced to the first half of this year, bringing vitality to the project.

Additionally, the local road from Masan to Sani (L=16.7 km), which connects to the Haenam?Daeheungsa section, is under detailed design. Following a residents' briefing session last October, a second session was held this month to fully collect and reflect residents' diverse opinions in the design.

This section connects to the Haenam?Yeongam tourism and leisure-type enterprise city access road. Upon completion, a four-lane road connecting Daeheungsa?Haenam-eup?Masan?Sani?Yeongam Seoho IC will be established, significantly improving accessibility to Mokpo and the West Coast Expressway.

Furthermore, to improve traffic conditions in accident-prone areas and bottlenecks, the Masan Sangdeung district intersection improvement project for the Okcheon Yeongchun intersection and the entrance/exit road to the Namdo Metropolitan Memorial Park is about to start. The Munnae Seokgyo intersection, which has a narrow culvert box, has completed basic planning and secured a project budget of 3 billion won.

County Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan said, “As a result of persistent requests to the central government and Jeonnam Province with a strong will to promote the project, SOC projects are progressing more actively than ever before. We will do our best to build a road network that contributes to improving residents' convenience and revitalizing tourism through prompt project implementation.”

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