Will the road construction project from Gwangju Munheung District to behind Natural Science High School be completed?

20 Billion KRW Project Budget Passed in Gwangju City Council Plenary Session... Completion Scheduled for 2026

Honam Expressway Expansion Project Expected to Alleviate Traffic Congestion and Distribute Regional Traffic Volume

The ‘Munheung District~Behind Natural Science High School Road’ in Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, which had effectively remained a half-finished road, is expected to be re-initiated.

Jeong Da-eun, a member of the Gwangju Metropolitan Council (Democratic Party of Korea·Buk-gu 2), announced on the 13th at the Gwangju Metropolitan Council plenary session that 2 billion KRW in project funds related to the opening of the ‘Munheung District~Behind Natural Science High School Road’ had been approved.

As a result, the road construction project, one of the long-standing wishes of residents for 20 years, is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026.

The project began with basic and detailed designs in 2004 to alleviate congestion at the Honam Expressway entrance. It involves constructing a 1.43 km, 4 to 6-lane road between Ochi-dong and Munheung-dong Hyundai 2nd Apartment in Buk-gu, with an estimated cost of about 25 billion KRW.

However, due to the city’s financial situation, the project was divided into two sections: Section 1 (570 m, Ochi 2nd Innovation Town to Usan Middle School) and Section 2 (860 m, behind Usan Middle School to Munheung-dong Hyundai 2nd Apartment), which caused problems.

Section 1 began construction in November 2019 and was completed in early 2022, but Section 2 had not even secured project funds.

Councilor Jeong Da-eun said, “With the project funds for the Munheung District~Behind Natural Science High School Road confirmed in this supplementary budget, measures have been prepared to alleviate the ‘traffic congestion’ that was expected to be inevitable during the Honam Expressway expansion construction, even if only slightly. This project is expected to greatly help disperse traffic volume in Buk-gu areas such as Ochi, Munheung, Gakhwa-dong by connecting these areas to Munheung-ro and Donggwangju IC.”

She added, “I thank everyone who worked hard to ensure that this long-standing wish of residents in Munheung and Ochi-dong can proceed despite Gwangju’s difficult financial situation. I ask for continued interest until the ‘Munheung District~Behind Natural Science High School Road’ is completed in 2026.”

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