Resolution Rally by 10 Cities and Counties to Urge Early Construction of the North-South Axis Expressway to Be Held on the 10th

Yanggu County and Leaders of Ten Cities and Counties Speak with One Voice
Connecting Yanggu in Gangwon to Yeongcheon in North Gyeongsang, Total Length 309.5 km
Project Worth 14.8 Trillion Won... Call for Inclusion in the Third Construction Plan
Emphasizing the Expressway as a Core Pillar for Inland Transportation, Security, and Balanced Development

Yanggu County in Gangwon Province will hold a 'Resolution Rally for the Early Construction of the North-South Axis Expressway' at 1:30 p.m. on November 10 at the Yanggu County Lifelong Learning Center.

Aerial view of Yanggu County Office.

This rally has been organized so that the heads of local governments and planning department chiefs from the ten cities and counties of the North-South Axis Expressway Promotion Council can gather in one place to officially call on the government to include the North-South Axis (Yeongcheon-Yanggu) Expressway in the Third Expressway Construction Plan (2026-2030).

The North-South Axis Expressway is planned to stretch 309.5 kilometers from Yanggu in Gangwon Province to Yeongcheon in North Gyeongsang Province (Yanggu-Inje-Hongcheon-Pyeongchang-Jeongseon-Yeongwol-Bonghwa-Yeongyang-Cheongsong-Yeongcheon), with a total project cost of 14.887 trillion won.

In particular, it is expected to intersect with the East-West High-Speed Railway, which is scheduled for completion in 2029, thereby driving the completion of the inland road and rail network. Since its establishment in July 2023, the Promotion Council has continuously carried out activities such as submitting proposals to central government ministries and the National Assembly, national petitions and signature campaigns, policy forums, and broadcast campaigns. Starting from July 2025, Yanggu County will serve as the chair and secretariat, further strengthening the cooperative system.

The council emphasizes that the North-South Axis Expressway is a core pillar of balanced national development, as it will connect inland transportation networks that have been divided by the Baekdudaegan mountain range and simultaneously revitalize both border and inland areas. The council also urges that policy decisions should focus on security, improvements to residential conditions, and the ripple effects of inter-Korean exchange and cooperation-factors that cannot be fully evaluated by economic indicators alone.

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