Wanju-gun Gains Momentum for Road Improvement on Two Sections!

The 5th Five-Year Plan for National and Local Road Construction Includes Soyang~Dongsang and Dongsang~Jinan Sections

[Wanju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] The long-standing wish of Wanju-gun to improve two road sections, Soyang~Dongsang and Dongsang~Jinan, has gained momentum.

Wanju-gun announced on the 25th that the construction projects for the national and local roads (Gukjido) between Soyang~Dongsang and Dongsang~Jinan Jucheon have been included in the government's '5th National Road and Local Road Construction Plan (draft)'.

These two sections of Local Road No. 55 have been classified as projects where the 'comprehensive risk level,' which refers to the proportion of sections with potential traffic accident risks in the entire route, exceeds 50%.

The Wanju Dongsang~Jinan Jucheon section is a project to improve a total length of 2.79 km with a budget of 58.8 billion KRW, recognized as a living SOC issue ensuring safe mobility for local residents and tourists.

Additionally, the Wanju Soyang~Dongsang section, which will be improved over 3.58 km with an investment of 62.7 billion KRW, also showed a very vulnerable safety situation with a comprehensive risk ratio of 70.7%.

With the inclusion of these two high-risk sections in the national and local road construction plan due to poor alignment, narrow lane widths, and frequent safety accidents, a green light has been given for improving safe road environments for residents, resolving disparities in public service beneficiary areas, and preventing traffic accidents through alignment improvements.

In fact, once the Wanju Dongsang~Jinan Jucheon road improvement project is implemented, travel speed is expected to increase by 16%, and the population benefiting from winter travel restrictions will increase by about 1,500 people, leading to improved living conditions and job creation among other effects.

Also, if the Wanju Soyang~Dongsang project proceeds, habitual winter travel restrictions will be lifted, and annual traffic accidents are expected to decrease by more than 1,000 cases (28%), showing various benefits such as improved safety and policy consistency.

Park Seong-il, the mayor of Wanju-gun, said, "It is fortunate that the necessity of road improvements for these two high-risk projects has finally been recognized through political cooperation and support," adding, "We will make every effort to ensure that next year's budget is reflected during the National Assembly budget review stage so that the road improvement projects can be promptly promoted."

Wanju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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