Park Gyuntaek's Second Promise: 'Abolition of Urban Railway Line and Creation of Green Path Park'

"Gwangju Gwangsan-gu Urban Dignity Damage and Regional Development Obstruction Call for Abolishing Gwangju Station"

Utilizing Abandoned Railway Land... Promoting Creation of Sectional Specialized Greenway Parks and Themed Citizen Parks

Park Gyuntaek, a preliminary candidate for the National Assembly representing Gwangsan-gu (Gap), Gwangju Metropolitan City (Democratic Party Lee Jae-myung's legal special advisor), announced his second campaign pledge to "abolish the urban railway line (Gwangju Station↔Gwangju Songjeong Station) and promote the creation of a Green Path Park."

On the morning of the 11th, Candidate Park stated at his campaign office that he would promote the creation of a Green Path Park specialized by section using the abandoned railway site.

About 50 people, including Shin Samseok and Kim Yonggeun, co-policy committee chairs for the Green Path Park creation, and other committee members, participated together.

Candidate Park argued for the abolition of the ineffective Gwangju Station, saying, "The shuttle train between Gwangju Station and Gwangju Songjeong Station stopped operating at the end of last year due to a decrease in passengers, and the number of passengers using the general trains at Gwangju Station is only about 40 per trip."

He continued, "Due to the urban railway between Gwangju Station and Gwangju Songjeong Station, areas adjacent to the Usan and Unnam railroads suffer from very poor environments such as rusty tin walls and garbage accumulation, and the obstruction of views and passage lowers the city's dignity. It also causes obstacles to regional development by cutting off the Sangmu district and Geukrakgang, so Gwangju Station must be abolished promptly," he emphasized.

He also explained, "By resolving pollution such as noise and vibration along the railway, we will improve residents' living environments and promote transportation convenience. We will install facilities such as sports facilities, performance halls, rail bikes, and observatories on the abandoned railway site to create a citizen park with various themes."

He added, "Gwangju City is already carrying out the Gwangju Station complex development project through a service contract. We need to form a countermeasure committee to abolish the Gwangju Station↔Gwangju Songjeong Station line and carry out a rapid abolition campaign for Gwangju Station. We must secure budgets reflecting national subsidy projects such as the Green Park creation project to finance this."

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