From Next Month, Yeongjong Bridge Toll Reduced by Half... Free for Residents

Toll fees for the Yeongjong Bridge will be reduced by about half from 6,600 won to 3,200 won starting next month.

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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport held a ceremony yesterday at 6 p.m. to commemorate the toll reduction and free use for residents, and signed an implementation agreement with the operator of the Incheon International Airport Expressway (hereinafter Yeongjong Bridge), Shin Airport Highway. This implementation agreement was prepared after the Korea Development Institute (KDI) completed a feasibility review, followed by a public institution preliminary feasibility study and a private investment project review committee.

Accordingly, from the 1st of next month, the toll for Yeongjong Bridge will be lowered from 6,600 won to 3,200 won for small vehicles on the upper road. The toll for the lower road will be reduced from 3,200 won to 1,900 won. Residents of Yeongjongdo and nearby islands will be able to cross the bridge free of charge.

Incheon City is also providing discount benefits for local residents including those in Yeongjongdo. Starting October 1, local residents will be exempt from toll fees for one round trip (one day) at three locations: Incheon Airport tollgate, North Incheon tollgate, and Incheon Bridge.

The Yeongjong Bridge is a 4,420-meter-long bridge connecting Geomam Gyeongseo-dong in Seo-gu, Incheon, and Yeongjongdo (Unbuk-dong) in Jung-gu. Residents of Yeongjongdo had to pay up to 13,200 won for a round-trip toll on the bridge.

President Yoon Suk-yeol said in a video congratulatory message, "The toll reduction for Yeongjong Bridge was a pledge made by the previous government but was delayed for a long time. Our government has pushed forward the toll reduction with a sense of urgency, believing that the long-standing wish of Incheon citizens over about 20 years could no longer be postponed."

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