Special Act for the Construction of the Dalbit Railroad (Daegu-Goryeong-Gwangju) Passed by the National Assembly!

Goryeong-gun, the Only Pass-Through Area in Gyeongbuk, Potential to Develop as a Metropolitan Area Satellite City

A new milestone has been set to mark the beginning of the railway era in Goryeong-gun, Gyeongbuk Province.

As a bill symbolizing the harmony between Yeongnam and Honam regions and balanced national development, the “Special Act for the Construction of the Dalbit Railway,” which connects Daegu through Goryeong, passes through Gyeongnam, Jeonbuk, and Jeonnam, and links to Gwangju, has finally passed the National Assembly plenary session.

The Dalbit Railway Special Act, which includes provisions such as exemption from preliminary feasibility studies and development of areas around stations, was submitted to the Judiciary Committee about a month after being pending, passed at the full Judiciary Committee meeting on the 24th, and then approved at the plenary session on the 25th, accelerating the prompt advancement of the railway construction project.

Proposed by Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader of the People Power Party, and co-sponsored by a record 261 lawmakers in the history of the National Assembly, the Dalbit Railway Special Act holds great significance in not only promoting coexistence between Yeongnam and Honam but also overcoming the crisis of local extinction and laying the foundation for an “open local era” aimed at creating new growth engines.

With the possibility of opening the Dalbit Railway connecting Yeongnam and Honam wide open, Goryeong-gun aims to leap forward as a hub for industrial logistics in the inland areas of Yeongnam and Honam through the establishment of a railway transportation network. Furthermore, by constructing “Goryeong Station” in the future, it plans to expand smooth and systematic transportation infrastructure as a satellite city of the metropolitan area, thereby increasing the local resident and floating populations, which is expected to become a cornerstone for regional development.

County Governor Lee Nam-cheol said, “The construction of the Dalbit Railway will become a new momentum for the development of Goryeong-gun by improving accessibility among railway, aviation, and port infrastructures such as the integrated Daegu-Gyeongbuk New Airport and Yeongilman Port through linkage with the Daegu Metropolitan Railway.”

The Dalbit Railway has a total length of 198.8 km, running through six metropolitan local governments and ten basic local governments, including Daegu (Seodaegu) ? Goryeong, Gyeongbuk ? Hapcheon, Geochang, Hamyang, Gyeongnam ? Jangsu, Namwon, Sunchang, Jeonbuk ? Damyang, Jeonnam ? and Gwangju (Songjeong), with a target completion year of 2030.

Goryeong County Office.

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