Seoul City Expands Han River Park Parking Lot Exit from 1 to 2 Lanes... Expands Prepaid Unmanned Payment System

Significant Improvements by 2022
KakaoT App, Pre-Unmanned Payment Machines, and Expansion of Prepayment Options

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The inconvenience of having to wait for fee settlement when exiting parking lots at Hangang Park will be greatly improved. On the 28th, the Hangang Project Headquarters of Seoul City announced that they will increase the exit lanes and introduce additional pre-payment unmanned payment machines to make exiting the Hangang Park parking lots more convenient and faster.

During peak times on weekends or holidays when many visitors use the Hangang Park parking lots, high congestion often causes waiting times to exit, resulting in continuous inconvenience. In particular, Hangang Park parking lots have a structural characteristic of lacking sufficient exit lanes from the parking lot to the road, causing vehicles to be stuck and drivers to wait inside their cars for a long time when many cars exit simultaneously.

Accordingly, the Hangang Project Headquarters plans to carry out a comprehensive structural improvement of 23 exit lanes at Hangang Park parking lots by 2022.

First, this year, construction will begin to expand lanes and improve the structure at 12 exit points where simply increasing the exit lanes will shorten exit times. The construction, starting at the end of September, targets 12 exit lanes at 9 Hangang Parks (Gwangnaru, Jamsil, Jamwon, Banpo, Yeouido, Gangseo, Yanghwa, Ichon, Ttukseom). Among these, 11 lanes will be expanded from one lane to two lanes, and one lane will be expanded from two lanes to three lanes.

For 11 locations where road structure improvements and traffic system changes are necessary due to insufficient turning radius or difficult access to payment machines during entry and exit, large-scale facility improvements are required, and improvement construction is planned for 2022.

In addition to improving the exit lane structure, the Hangang Project Headquarters is also expanding pre-payment systems such as the ‘KakaoT’ app and pre-payment unmanned payment machines to maximize the effect of reducing exit times. For the ‘KakaoT’ app, introduced in February, if vehicle and payment information are registered in advance, automatic payment occurs when passing through the gate, allowing exit without waiting.

The ‘pre-payment unmanned payment machines,’ which allow users to pay in advance on-site to reduce exit times, are currently installed with two units each at Jamwon and Banpo Hangang Parks. These machines will be relocated according to user traffic flow, and two additional units will be installed each at Jamsil and Ttukseom Hangang Parks.

Hwang In-sik, head of the Hangang Project Headquarters of Seoul City, said, “Hangang Park parking lots are multi-use facilities used by 3.5 million vehicles annually. Along with structural improvements, we will continue to upgrade from the citizens’ perspective to create a more convenient and pleasant Hangang Park.”

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