Guri City Urges Government for "Integrated Development of Seoul Taereung and Guri Galmae Station Areas"

"Priority Establishment and Prompt Confirmation of Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Measures" Residents' Opinions Delivered

GTX-B Line Does Not Stop at Guri Galmae Station [Guri City]

[Asia Economy Reporter La Young-cheol] Guri City in Gyeonggi Province has urged the government to develop the Guri Galmae Station Area Public Housing District and the Seoul Taereung Public Housing District in an integrated manner.

On the 5th, Guri City stated this in relation to the metropolitan transportation improvement plan, emphasizing, "Although the Guri Galmae Station Area and Seoul Taereung District are close to each other, if they are developed separately like clusters of grapes, it will be unable to handle the increasing traffic congestion caused by the development of nearby Namyangju City's Wangsuk District, Jingeon District, and others."

The city requested the following as measures to link the Seoul Taereung District and Guri Galmae Station Area Public Housing District: ▲ GTX-B Line stopping at Galmae Station ▲ expansion of various bus routes and road networks ▲ expansion of the public bus garage currently being promoted in the development-restricted area.

Additionally, the requests included ▲ establishment of a new Galmae IC and a junction on the Guri-Pocheon Metropolitan Area 1st Ring Expressway ▲ installation of a wide-area transfer facility at Galmae Station ▲ opening of a connecting road from Sanmaru-ro (Galmae Station) to Hwarang-ro ▲ road expansion for a 1 km section from Saeugaegogaet Samgeori on Gyeongchunbuk-ro (National Road No. 47) to Sinnae IC.

The city’s position is that combining the Seoul Taereung Public Housing District and the Guri Galmae Station Area Public Housing District will create a new town with about 13,000 households, similar in scale to Wangsuk 2 District, so metropolitan transportation measures for both districts should be prioritized and finalized.

According to the recently announced plan for the Seoul Metropolitan Area Express Railway (GTX) B Line, Guri City would become a local government without a GTX-B Line stop.

The area around Guri Galmae District, through which the GTX-B Line passes, is already experiencing saturated road networks, and with large-scale housing developments of over 10,000 units planned in the nearby Taereung Housing District and Galmae Station Area Housing District, there has been significant resident opposition in Guri City to the GTX route plan.

Considering the expected population and traffic increases due to the future development of the Galmae Station Area and nearby Taereung Housing District, the city sees the addition of a stop at Galmae Station as essential and is putting all political and administrative efforts into ensuring that the Galmae Station stop is included.

Meanwhile, on the 30th of last month, Guri Mayor Ahn Seung-nam met with LH (Korea Land and Housing Corporation) President Kim Hyun-joon at the National Assembly along with local lawmaker Yoon Ho-jung to deliver the 'Seoul Taereung Public Housing District Residents’ Opinion Statement.'

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