Geoje Mayor Byeon Gwang-yong: "The Daejeon-Tongyeong Expressway Construction Plan Must Include Extension to Geoje"

Gyeongnam Geoje Mayor Byeon Gwang-yong (right) is visiting the National Assembly and requesting Assemblyman So Byung-hoon, a member of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, to add an extension to Geoje in the Daejeon-Tongyeong highway plan.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] On the 27th, Byeon Gwang-yong, mayor of Geoje City, Gyeongnam, visited the National Assembly to actively request the inclusion of the extension of the Daejeon~Tongyeong Expressway to Geoje in the 2nd Five-Year Expressway Construction Plan (2021~2025).

On this day, Mayor Byeon met with National Assembly member So Byung-hoon, a member of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, at the National Assembly to make this request and asked for active interest and support for the extension of Expressway No. 35 from Daejeon to Tongyeong to Geoje.

Currently, Expressway No. 35 connects Daejeon to Tongyeong. The project to extend it 30.5 km from Tongyeong to Yeoncho, Geoje, has been a long-cherished project that Geoje City has continuously requested since 2001.

Mayor Byeon stated, “The extension of Expressway No. 35, which currently ends at Tongyeong, to Geoje will not only help disperse traffic volume on the Namhae Expressway and Gyeongbu Expressway but is also expected to greatly contribute to the establishment of a metropolitan transportation network following the construction of the Southern Inland Railway and Gadeok New Airport, as well as to the revitalization of the regional economy.” He emphasized, “The Geoje~Tongyeong section must be included in the 2nd Five-Year Expressway Construction Plan to enable early commencement of construction.”

In response, Assemblyman So Byung-hoon said, “I agree with the necessity of extending the Daejeon~Tongyeong Expressway to Geoje and the need for early construction, and I will actively review the city’s request to ensure it is reflected.”

Mayor Byeon has continuously made requests by visiting central government departments and the National Assembly to promote the project. Last month, he made all-out efforts by delivering a joint petition with Tongyeong City and Goseong County to Gyeongnam Province and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

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