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After Daegu City Improvement Plan, "Chronic Congestion and Stagnation Sections Clearly Changed"

From Kumho JC toward Seodaegu TG.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] Traffic around the Seodaegu Tollgate, a habitual congestion area, has been cleared.

According to Daegu City on the 2nd, since the expansion and opening of one lane in the direction of the Gyeongbu Line from Seodaegu Tollgate to Kumho Junction, a branch of the Jungbu Inland Expressway, on December 13 last year, the traffic flow around the Seodaegu Tollgate, which was a habitual traffic congestion area, has noticeably changed.

The section from Seodaegu Tollgate to Kumho Junction in the direction of the Gyeongbu Line was a chronic traffic congestion area where vehicles from the Jungbu Inland Expressway branch, Sincheon-daero, and Bukbisan-ro entering the expressway gathered, causing severe congestion.

The section from Seodaegu Tollgate to the mainline merge narrowed sharply from 7 lanes to 2 lanes, and vehicles using the Gyeongbu Line from the Jungbu Inland branch had to make abrupt lane changes to the right within a short 430m section, frequently causing weaving, vehicle entanglement, and contact accidents.

Korea Expressway Corporation has been expanding one lane of the Kumho Junction ramp towards Busan since 2018. In April last year, Daegu City reviewed the traffic impact of the section and proposed adding one lane from the Kumho Junction Busan-bound ramp to Seodaegu Tollgate, which the Expressway Corporation accepted.

Location map of the improvement section proposed by Daegu City.

After the expansion was completed on December 13, monitoring of weekday morning rush hours and weekend traffic flow on the Kumho Junction Busan-bound side showed a significant improvement in vehicle flow in the habitual congestion area.

With the reduction of vehicle weaving and entanglement in the section from the entrance of Seodaegu Tollgate to the mainline merge, traffic flow greatly improved, and the commuting speed during rush hours increased by 65 km/h, from 17 km/h to 82 km/h.

Daegu City plans to conduct continuous monitoring to prepare for increased traffic volume due to the future opening of Seodaegu Station and the development of the Seodaegu station area, and to establish long-term improvement plans such as securing an additional lane in cooperation with Korea Expressway Corporation.

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin said, “I am glad that the traffic inconvenience for weekday commuters and weekend travelers has been resolved with the opening of this additional lane.”

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