'Hongcheon Railroad 100-Year Wish'... Hongcheon Residents Launch Petition Campaign

"Yongmun~Hongcheon Metropolitan Railroad Preliminary Feasibility Exemption" Urged

Hongcheon Railway Nationwide Promotion Committee Launches Petition Signing Campaign at Nam-myeon 5-Day Market Urging Exemption from Preliminary Feasibility Study [Provided by Hongcheon County]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Residents of Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do have launched a petition campaign to expedite the construction of the Hongcheon Railway, a project long awaited for 100 years.

The Gangwon Hongcheon Railway Pan-Citizen Promotion Committee and the Hongcheon-gun Prosperity Association announced on the 30th that "over 3,000 people participated in the street petition campaign advocating for the exemption of the preliminary feasibility study for the Yongmun~Hongcheon metropolitan railway."

On the 29th, the petition campaign was joined by the head of the National Project Promotion Team of Hongcheon-gun, various social and volunteer organizations, local prosperity association presidents, Gangwon Provincial Assembly members, and Hongcheon-gun council members.

Lee Gyu-seol, president of the Hongcheon-gun Prosperity Association, said, "We request the government's attention so that the preliminary feasibility study exemption, in line with the government's balanced national development policy, can resolve this top-priority project for Gangwon-do, fulfilling the wishes of the residents of all 10 towns and townships in Hongcheon."

Earlier, on the 25th, the nonprofit volunteer organization Neighbors, a Gangwon native volunteer group, conducted a petition campaign urging the exemption of the preliminary feasibility study from the perspective of regional balanced development to expedite the construction of the Hongcheon~Yongmun railway.

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