Suwon City to Prepare Traffic Measures for Gwanggyo 'Gyeonggi Convergence Town'

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Suwon City in Gyeonggi Province is preparing and implementing multifaceted measures to respond to the increase in traffic volume following the occupancy of 'Gyeonggi Convergence Town' in Gwanggyo New Town.

Gyeonggi Convergence Town is a space located on a 115,287㎡ site at 264 Iui-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, where 15 facilities will be established, including the new buildings for Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly, Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, the main library, Iui 119 Safety Center, office buildings for Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation, Gyeonggi Credit Guarantee Foundation, Bank of Korea Gyeonggi Headquarters, Gyeonggi Garden, a plaza (pedestrian area), and an underground internal road on the first basement level. The Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly completed its relocation in January this year, and the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office will complete its move by the end of May. Overall construction will proceed sequentially until 2024.

Suwon City anticipates that once the relocation of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office and the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly is completed, traffic congestion around the area will worsen due to vehicles entering and exiting during commuting hours, and that traffic disruptions and noise caused by gatherings within Gyeonggi Convergence Town will occur. Therefore, the city is reviewing various countermeasures.

First, the city plans to propose traffic network improvement projects to Gyeonggi Province and continuously hold traffic forums to improve traffic inconveniences. Additionally, if traffic congestion persists, the city will recommend that resident organizations implement staggered working hours, vehicle restriction days, and operate employee shuttle buses. Furthermore, the city will normalize public transportation operations, which have been reduced since the COVID-19 pandemic, and intensively crack down on illegal parking around Gyeonggi Convergence Town. CCTV for enforcement will also be installed in areas with frequent illegal parking.

Jo Cheong-sik, Acting Mayor of Suwon, emphasized, "As traffic volume increases due to the development of Gyeonggi Convergence Town, inconvenience to residents and merchants living nearby is inevitable. We will actively prepare traffic measures through continuous consultation with related agencies to ensure that neither residents nor visiting civil petitioners experience inconvenience."

Meanwhile, at the 'Expert Consulting for Traffic Measures near Gyeonggi Convergence Town' held by the city on the 28th of last month, opinions were raised including securing a temporary pedestrian route from Gwanggyo Jungang Station to the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office building, improving the access guidance system to Gyeonggi Convergence Town through road signs, variable message signs, and navigation information provision, and adjusting traffic signal operation systems and lane operation systems at surrounding intersections.

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