Won Hee-ryong Holds Resident Meeting on GTX-C Dobong Section Undergrounding... Aiming to Start Construction Within the Year
The underground construction of the Metropolitan Area Express Railway Line C (GTX-C) has been finalized.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that Minister Won Hee-ryong will visit Chang-dong Station in Dobong-gu, Seoul on the 10th to hold a residents' meeting explaining the background of the decision to underground the Dobong section of the Metropolitan Area Express Railway (GTX)-C line.
The Dobong section of the GTX-C line refers to the 5.4 km segment between Dobongsan Station and Chang-dong Station within the national railway network connecting Deokjeong Station in Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do to Suwon Station in Suwon-si.
This section was planned as an underground tunnel in the 2018 preliminary feasibility study and the 2020 draft of the basic facility project plan (RFP).
However, after the project was commissioned, it was pursued as an above-ground section, and Dobong-gu and local residents continuously opposed the above-ground plan citing concerns about environmental pollution, noise, and vibration damage.
Ultimately, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently decided to underground the Dobong section based on the results of the Board of Audit and Inspection and the Korea Development Institute (KDI) private investment eligibility assessment, while collecting opinions from local residents.
Minister Won stated, “Under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, through serious discussions and the president’s determination, the underground construction of Chang-dong Station was decided.”
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He added, “Once GTX-C opens, the travel time from Chang-dong Station to Samsung Station in Gangnam-gu, which used to take over 50 minutes, will be drastically reduced to 14 minutes. We will definitely keep the national promise of a 30-minute commute in the metropolitan area by promptly pushing forward with the GTX-C construction within this year.”
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