Asan City, Smooth Progress in Building Transportation Network for 650,000 Population Era

"Preparing for the Future with an Extensive Transportation Network and Smart Public Transit System"

Asan City in Chungnam announced plans to build a transportation network and establish a public transportation system for the era of a 650,000 population.

Asan City in Chungnam announced plans for transportation network construction and public transportation system development to accommodate a population of 650,000.

At a regular briefing on the 13th, the city explained six key projects: △establishing a comprehensive road and railway network △building bicycle paths △operating special transportation for the transportation-vulnerable △expanding public parking lots in urban areas △establishing a smart public transportation system △developing Asan Port.

According to the city, following the opening of the Dangjin~Cheonan Expressway section from Asan Yeomchi to Cheonan Mokcheon in September last year, construction is underway on the Inju~Yeomchi section, targeting opening in 2027. The entire section is scheduled to open in 2029.

The Pyeongtaek~Asan~Buyeo section of the Western Inland Expressway is expected to open by the end of this year and will connect with the Inju~Cheonan Expressway, scheduled to open in 2027.

The average daily ridership of Tangjeong Station on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, which opened in October 2021, is about 1,500 passengers, with approximately 550,000 citizens using it annually.

Additionally, the construction project for the double-track Seohae Line connecting about 90 km from Songsan in Gyeonggi Province through Inju Station to Hongseong in Chungnam is scheduled to open this October.

Furthermore, the double-tracking construction project connecting Pyeongtaek to Osong over 46.9 km will pass through KTX Cheonan-Asan Station and is scheduled to open in 2028. Also, with the GTX-C line of the metropolitan express railway being extended to Asan, the acquisition of new metropolitan transportation networks is expected to significantly accelerate urban development.

The ‘smart public transportation system establishment’ will also be actively promoted.

In April, the bus route toward Yeongin was reorganized into a trunk and branch transfer system, and two smart bus stops equipped with various convenience facilities were newly installed at Yeongin Transfer Station, receiving positive responses from citizens.

The city plans to focus its efforts on building an Asan-style public transportation transfer system, including establishing regional circulator buses, using this reorganization of the trunk and branch transfer system as a stepping stone.

Park Taegyu, Director of the Construction and Transportation Bureau, said, “Asan City will concentrate administrative power externally on developing the largest logistics hub port in the central region, expanding a comprehensive road network, and establishing railway networks linked to the metropolitan area, while internally promoting transportation-specialized policies such as building a smart public transportation system and operating special transportation for the transportation-vulnerable.”

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