"Busan Gijang Traffic Chaos, Please Resolve It Comprehensively" Gijang-gun Strongly Requests Visit to Metropolitan Area Wide Transport Committee

County Governor Oh Gyuseok: "Opening of the Era of All-Direction Railroads, Attracting Gijang Line and Jeonggwan Line"

Requesting Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to Designate Bansong Tunnel and Connecting Roads as 'Congested Roads'

O Gyuseok, Mayor of Busan Gijang County (right), and staff are visiting the Metropolitan Transportation Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport at 1:30 PM on May 3rd, having a meeting with Chairman Choi Giju (left).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan Gijang-gun visited the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Metropolitan Area Wide-area Transportation Committee on the 3rd to strongly request the promotion of the Gijang Line and Jeonggwan Line urban railways to solve traffic congestion. It was also announced on the 4th that they requested the designation of Bansong Tunnel and connecting roads as traffic congestion roads.

Gijang-gun demanded the prompt commencement of the urban railway project in Gijang-gun in connection with the new metropolitan railway line section ‘Busan Nopo~Jeonggwan Wolpyeong~Yangsan Deokgye~Ulsan Mugeo~Ulsan KTX Station’.

As an alternative to resolving traffic problems caused by the development of the Osiria Tourist Complex, they requested the designation of traffic congestion roads necessary for the promotion of the Bansong Tunnel and connecting road projects.

Oh Gyu-seok, the head of Gijang-gun, said to Chairman Choi Ki-ju, “The Gijang Line and Jeonggwan Line are lifelines for the rapid evacuation of Gijang residents in case of nuclear accidents or similar emergencies in Gijang, the world’s largest nuclear power plant cluster area, and must be promoted in Gijang-gun, which is rapidly emerging as a world-class tourist destination.”

Gijang-gun plans to apply to Busan City as a preliminary feasibility study target project.

Mayor Oh insisted, “The Bansong Tunnel must be promoted promptly to resolve the difficulties of Gijang residents and tourists,” and argued that the relevant section should be designated as a traffic congestion road to receive national funding.

Chairman Choi Ki-ju responded, “We will actively consult with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to establish a metropolitan transportation plan in connection with regional railway network construction plans such as the Gijang Line and Jeonggwan Line urban railways.”

Gijang-gun is currently promoting a nationwide signature campaign to attract the ‘KTX-Eum stop station’ and the ‘Gijang Line and Jeonggwan Line urban railways,’ and plans to expand it nationwide among compatriots.

Mayor Oh appealed to related organizations to address the traffic problems, saying, “The entire Gijang-gun is rapidly emerging as an international tourist destination with the Osiria Tourist Complex and its natural tourist resources. In addition, traffic demand is explosively increasing due to the concentration of 13 industrial complexes including the Southeast Radiation Medical and Science Industrial Complex, a forward base of the 4th industrial revolution, and the development of new towns.”

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