Five Additional Smart Complex Shelters to Be Established Next Year... Local Governments to Apply

(Data provided by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

Five additional smart complex rest areas, which serve as safe convenience facilities for road users and can also operate as regional promotion centers or specialty product sales venues, will be newly established.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 25th that it will hold a project competition for local governments to create five additional smart complex rest areas along national roads.

The smart complex rest area creation project is the first central government-local government cooperative project in the field of road management, promoted in conjunction with the construction of convenience facilities on general national roads.

Various smart technologies such as eco-friendly vehicle charging facilities, solar power generation facilities, and parking capacity information signs will be applied, with approximately 3 billion KRW invested per rest area.

The government is promoting the installation of smart complex rest areas in 13 locations including Inje, Okcheon, Buan, Goheung, Hadong, Yeongwol, Hoengseong, Goesan, Gimje, Yeonggwang, Uljin, Namhae, and Sancheong.

Next year, a total of five new project sites will be selected nationwide. Local governments wishing to participate in the project must consult in advance with the road management office and submit application documents to the Regional Land Management Office by the end of this year. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to announce the final project sites by the end of February next year after an evaluation process.

More detailed information on the competition procedures, selection evaluation criteria, and methods will be announced through the Regional Land Management Offices within this month. Regional briefing sessions on the details are also planned to be held next month.

Na Woong-jin, Director of the Road Management Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "We will comprehensively consider factors such as accessibility for road users and local residents and the willingness of local governments to promote the project to select candidate sites with high project effectiveness," adding, "After installation is completed, we will actively promote public awareness to ensure smooth operation."

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