Myeong Hyun-gwan, Haenam County Governor, 'Busy Everywhere' to Solve Local Issues and Secure National Funding

Urgent Proposal for Haenam Expressway Preliminary Feasibility Study Selection and Other Projects, Visit to the National Assembly

Myung Hyun-gwan, the governor of Haenam County, visited the National Assembly on the 3rd to continue efforts to resolve local issues for 2024 and secure national funding.

Governor Myung visited the office of Park Kwang-on, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Yoon Jae-gap, a local district member of the National Assembly, to propose the selection of the “Gwangju-Wando Expressway Phase 2 section as a preliminary feasibility study project,” the inclusion of “the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s 6th National Road and Local Road Construction Plan (2026?2030) for major road improvements in the area,” and the “revision of special provisions for establishing foreign educational institutions in the enterprise city.”

(On the left) Myeong Hyun-gwan, the county governor, is explaining projects including the selection of the Haenam Expressway for preliminary feasibility study to Park Kwang-on, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. [Photo by Haenam County]

In particular, he emphasized that the “Gwangju-Wando Expressway Phase 2 project” is a key project for establishing a national arterial road network to ensure smooth connectivity between the north-south and east-west expressways, urging the prompt selection of the project as a preliminary feasibility study target.

The Gwangju-Wando Expressway project is scheduled to complete Phase 1 construction from Gwangju to Gangjin by 2024, and it is urgent to pass the preliminary feasibility study and reflect design costs for the Phase 2 section.

The Phase 2 project involves a total national budget of 1.5965 trillion KRW and covers a 37.5 km section from Jakcheon-myeon in Gangjin County, the terminus of Phase 1, to Namchang in Bukpyeong-myeon, Haenam County, including 3 access facilities, 30 bridges, and 8 tunnels.

Additionally, to actively respond to increased traffic demand due to improved accessibility from the opening of the Gwangju-Wando Expressway and the Sinan Aphae-Haenam Hwawon connecting road, he requested that the improvement of National Road No. 77 from Songji-myeon to Bukpyeong-myeon in Haenam and the four-lane expansion project from Yeongho-ri to Wolho-ri in Hwawon-myeon, Haenam County, be included in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s higher-level 6th National Road and Local Road Construction Plan to ensure smooth progress.

He also actively requested support for Haenam County’s pending projects, including the carbon-neutral (green convergence) cluster creation project planned to be hosted in Solar City, Sanim-myeon, Haenam County.

Governor Myung stated, “I will increase visits to the National Assembly to ensure the smooth progress of Haenam County’s pending projects,” adding, “As a preemptive response to the upcoming National Assembly budget review, I will successfully secure budget inclusion through active prior project proposals and cooperation requests to the National Assembly.”

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