Namhae-gun Holds Key Strategy Task Report Meeting in Preparation for 'Namhae-Yeosu Undersea Tunnel'

Focus on Improving Living Conditions and Securing New Growth Engines

On the morning of the 11th, Namhae-gun, Gyeongnam held a report meeting on the ‘Core Strategic Tasks in Preparation for the Namhae-Yeosu Undersea Tunnel’ at the county office’s large conference room.

The 29 core strategies introduced at the meeting were finalized after review by each department from 234 unit tasks derived through a service project carried out over the past 1 year and 2 months in preparation for the undersea tunnel era. These strategies are composed of four fields: urban transportation, cultural tourism, industrial economy, and education welfare.

Namhae-gun is holding a core strategy briefing session in preparation for the underwater tunnel.

In particular, Namhae-gun presented a strategy subdivided into ‘Core Tasks’ consisting of essential projects necessary for the opening of the undersea tunnel and National Road No. 3 to promptly implement feasible projects, ‘Policy Tasks’ which are infrastructure construction projects that can actively respond to social changes, and ‘Long-term Review Tasks’ which are difficult to realize immediately but must be prepared for in the long term.

Namhae-gun expects that once the undersea tunnel opens, it will be able to utilize large-scale national infrastructure such as KTX, airports, ports, and national industrial complexes, which have not been experienced before, and based on this, an additional influx of 3 million tourists is anticipated.

First, as major projects in the ‘urban transportation field,’ Namhae-gun proposed ▲expansion of the Seosang-Nambyeon section ▲expansion of the Simun-Jijok section ▲expansion of the Seosanggyo-Sanggasamgeori and Hyangchon-Seokgyo sections ▲securing land for planned urbanization ▲housing supply policies and private land development ▲promotion of vacant house utilization policies. Additionally, in the mid to long term, they proposed ▲the spread and route expansion of eco-friendly public transportation ▲establishment of a wide-area public transportation network such as Namhae-Yeosu.

In preparation for the opening of the undersea tunnel, the plan is to expand the connecting road network, which has emerged as the most urgent task, while creating additional urban infrastructure.

In the ‘cultural tourism field,’ projects include ▲Jewel Namhae (Seomyeon Tourism Complex Development) ▲creation of Mangunsan Forest Recreation Valley ▲development of a Mediterranean-style coastal scenic tourism hub in the Pyeongsan district ▲construction of the Kalbawi Observatory on Eungbongsan ▲promotion of Jodo and Hodo as K-Tourism Islands (Southern Wide-area Tourism Development), along with tasks requiring joint efforts from both the public and private sectors such as ▲improving tourism accommodation readiness.

The ‘industrial economy field’ consists of ▲promotion of Seonso Port as a tourist fishing port (attractiveness enhancement project from Soeseom to Seonso Port) ▲creation of a food-centered complex agro-industrial park ▲development of Namhae advanced R&D resort complex.

The ‘education welfare field’ includes ▲creation of Treasure Island Life School ▲establishment of Namhae-eup Dagachi Care Center ▲attraction of high-end senior welfare facilities.

County Governor Jang Chung-nam said, “The most urgent and fundamental goal to prepare for the opening of the undersea tunnel is the expansion of connecting roads,” adding, “We must secure new growth engines through sharing current issues by each department and meticulous preparation, while also formulating mid- to long-term plans in line with the changing times.”

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