Yoon: "Every Citizen Must Have a Fair Opportunity"

Attended Groundbreaking Ceremony for 'Chuncheon~Sokcho East-West High-Speed Railway'... Expressing Commitment to Regional Balance and Local Era Development

President Yoon Suk-yeol is attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the 'Chuncheon~Sokcho East-West High-Speed Railway' held at the Expo Lawn Square in Sokcho on the morning of the 18th, delivering a commemorative speech. /

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] President Yoon Seok-yeol emphasized on the 18th that "Every citizen of the Republic of Korea should have fair opportunities regardless of which region they live in."

President Yoon made this statement while attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the 'Chuncheon~Sokcho East-West High-Speed Railway' held at the Expo Lawn Plaza in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, expressing his commitment to the era of local development through regional balanced growth.

The 'Chuncheon~Sokcho East-West High-Speed Railway' is a mega infrastructure project that will establish a high-speed rail network connecting the Seoul metropolitan area and Gangwon region, with an investment of 2.4 trillion won over six years. Upon completion by the end of 2027, the railway line that previously ran from Seoul to Chuncheon will be extended to Sokcho, completing a transverse railway connecting the Korean Peninsula from east to west. It will be possible to travel from Yongsan, Seoul to Sokcho in just 1 hour and 39 minutes without transfers.

President Yoon has shown strong interest in the development of the Gangwon region. During the presidential election campaign, he visited Gangwon Province three times, expressing his determination for the region's development. In particular, he pledged to establish the Gangwon Economic Special Autonomous Province, expand metropolitan transportation networks and port infrastructure, and foster specialized new growth industries by region to promote balanced regional development.

In early May, as president-elect, he visited Chuncheon, Wonju, and Gangneung as part of his "Promises and Livelihood Walk." At that time, President Yoon said, "Now is the time for Gangwon to stretch its wings," promising the extension of GTX-B to Chuncheon and the early completion of the Chuncheon~Sokcho East-West High-Speed Railway, among other expansions of railway infrastructure in Gangwon Province. At the ceremony that day, President Yoon also promised to expand SOC as a foundation for Gangwon's new leap forward. He stated, "The government will actively support regional balanced development and the opening of the local era through the establishment of regional transportation networks."

Meanwhile, about 400 people, including the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, railway construction officials, local government heads, and local residents, attended the ceremony.

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