Completion of Construction for 8 National Roads Including Todang~Gwansan... Opening by Year-End

New Urban Congestion Sections Established and Bypassed, Improvement of Poor Alignment Sections

Construction of eight national highway sections nationwide, including Todang∼Gwansan in the congested downtown area of Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, and Gupo∼Saenggok in Gumi, Gyeongbuk Province, will be completed within this year.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 16th that eight national highway construction projects with a total length of 72.7 km in nine regions nationwide will be sequentially opened from the 17th until the end of the year.

First, the Gumi City National Highway Bypass Road (Gupo∼Saenggok 2, 11.9 km), connecting Goa-eup and Seonsan-eup in Gumi City, will open at 5 p.m. on the 17th. This newly constructed four-lane road began construction in February 2012, with a total project cost of 228.6 billion KRW over approximately 9 years and 10 months.

With this opening, travel time through downtown Gumi City is expected to be reduced by more than 18 minutes (from 43 minutes to 25 minutes) compared to the existing national highway, and logistics costs for nearby national industrial complexes are expected to be reduced by more than 46 billion KRW annually.

The 2.24 km section of the Yonggung∼Gaepo national highway in Yonggung-myeon, Yecheon-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, will open at 9 a.m. on the 24th. Construction began in October 2016, and over about 5 years and 2 months, a total of 23.4 billion KRW was invested to build a new four-lane road and improve the road alignment.

This opening is expected to reduce vehicle travel time on this section by more than 6 minutes (from 8 minutes to 2 minutes) and enhance pedestrian safety for local residents.

The Gimi City National Highway Bypass Road (Heungsa∼Yeonjeong, 10.32 km), connecting Yeonjeong-dong and Heungsa-dong in Gimje City, Jeonbuk Province, will open at 2 p.m. on the 28th.

This project to build a new four-lane road began in June 2009, with a total investment of 154.4 billion KRW over approximately 12 years and 6 months. Upon opening, travel time through downtown Gimje City is expected to be reduced by more than 10 minutes (from 18 minutes to 8 minutes) compared to the existing national highway.

The Okcheon∼Gangjin Doam national highway in Haenam-gun, Jeonnam Province, will open at noon on the 30th. The 5.7 km two-lane section improvement project, which began in March 2017, involved a total investment of 37.7 billion KRW over about 4 years and 10 months.

This opening is expected to reduce vehicle travel time in the Okcheon-myeon area by more than 5 minutes (from 10 minutes to 5 minutes) and improve traffic safety.

Three sections in Gangwon Province?Wonju∼Saemal, Pyeongchang Bangnim∼Jangpyeong, and Hongcheon Seoseok Bypass Roads?will open at noon on the 31st.

The Wonju∼Saemal national highway construction project, which will contribute to revitalizing local tourism around Chiaksan and Guryongsa in Wonju, is a 11.7 km two-lane road alignment improvement between Socho-myeon, Wonju City, and Ucheon-myeon, Hoengseong-gun. Construction began in March 2016, with a total investment of 49.9 billion KRW over about 5 years and 9 months.

The Pyeongchang Bangnim∼Jangpyeong national highway construction project involved alignment improvements on a 19.9 km two-lane road between Bangnim-myeon and Yongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, with a total investment of 90.3 billion KRW over about 4 years and 9 months since March 2017.

The Hongcheon Seoseok Bypass Road construction project is a new bypass road on a 1.7 km two-lane section in Seoseok-myeon, Hongcheon-gun. Construction began in March 2018, with a total investment of 12.1 billion KRW over about 3 years and 9 months.

The Goyang City National Highway Bypass Road (Todang∼Wondang∼Gwansan, 9.34 km), connecting Todang-dong and Gwansan-dong in Goyang City, will open at 4 p.m. on the 31st after completing four-lane construction. This project, which began in April 2004, involved an investment of 220 billion KRW over approximately 17 years and 8 months.

This opening will allow vehicles to bypass congested downtown areas of Goyang City, reducing travel time on the section by more than 20 minutes (from 29 minutes to 9 minutes).

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