Gwangju Songjeong Station to Expand... "Now It's Time for the Station Area"

Yang Manju Stresses Need for Resolving Parking Inconvenience
and Developing Long-Term Strategies

As the expansion construction of Gwangju Songjeong Station is in full swing, voices have emerged from the Gwangsan District Council urging for station area development and long-term regional growth strategies.

Yang Manju, Gwangsan District Council Member.

Yang Manju, a Gwangsan District Council member (Democratic Party, Songjeong 1·2-dong), stated during a five-minute free speech at the 295th Gwangsan District Council temporary session on the 20th, "Expanding Gwangju Songjeong Station alone is not enough," and suggested, "Improvements in user convenience, such as connecting the parking building, and further development of the station area must follow."

Gwangju Songjeong Station was newly built in 2015 with the opening of the Honam High-Speed Railway, but with weekday users at 22,000 and weekend users at 27,000?three times the predicted demand?there have been ongoing issues with a lack of waiting rooms and convenience facilities. Only recently, after the sixth round of bidding, was a contractor finally selected for the expansion project.

Yang noted, "Although a parking building accommodating 1,580 vehicles was completed last year, it is not connected to the station, so users continue to face inconvenience," and stressed, "Such issues must be resolved during the expansion process."

He further emphasized, "A long-term development strategy is needed, such as developing the Gwangju Songjeong station area in connection with the relocation of the Kumho Tire Gwangju plant," and added, "We should benchmark public-private cooperation models like the Dongdaegu Station Complex Transfer Center to foster Gwangju as a key hub for growth."

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