Providing Comfortable Transportation! ... Gijang-gun Holds Final Report Meeting on Establishing Solutions for Traffic Issues

The final briefing session for the "Establishment of Solutions for Traffic Issues in Gijang-gun" is being held in the Gijang-gun Office briefing room, presided over by Jeong Jong-bok, the head of Gijang-gun.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] On the 27th, Gijang-gun held the final briefing session for the ‘Gijang-gun Traffic Problem Solution Establishment Service’ at the Gijang-gun Office briefing room.

The final briefing session was attended by Jeong Jong-bok, the mayor of Gijang-gun, county council members, Gijang Police Station, Korea Road Traffic Authority, related organizations, and traffic experts.

The briefing session was conducted in the order of the service result presentation and Q&A, presided over by Jeong Jong-bok, mayor of Gijang-gun.

Gijang-gun has been promoting the service since October last year to respond to the increasing traffic demand due to the Osiria Tourist Complex and large-scale development projects and to improve the transportation convenience for residents.

To solve the local traffic problems with highly feasible and efficient improvement measures, opinions were collected from an advisory group composed of related departments, local residents, and traffic experts.

At the final briefing session, the vision of ‘A fast and convenient traffic city Gijang with residents’ was presented, with promotion strategies including ▲ establishment of a metropolitan transportation network to strengthen regional connections ▲ provision of highly satisfactory public transportation services ▲ preparation of improvement plans for the local traffic system ▲ creation of a people- and safety-centered traffic environment.

The plan also included a total of 46 traffic improvement measures, including 20 projects by Gijang-gun itself, 20 projects in consultation with related organizations, and 6 proposed projects.

Based on the service results, Gijang-gun plans to strengthen cooperation with Busan City, Busan Regional Land Management Office, Korea Expressway Corporation, and others, and to promote its own projects annually.

Jeong Jong-bok, mayor of Gijang-gun, said, “As large-scale urban development projects proceed in the region and traffic volume increases, residents’ demands for improvements in traffic inconvenience are increasing,” adding, “We will establish a cooperative system with related organizations to make Gijang-gun a city with well-developed transportation.”

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