Ulsan Samdong?KTX Ulsan Station Road Project Passes Re-examination, Signals Full-scale Launch

The city of Ulsan announced that the Samdong-KTX Ulsan Station road construction project passed the central investment re-examination by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s Local Finance Committee on April 17, 2026. Accordingly, with the completion of preliminary administrative procedures, the project will now move forward in earnest.

This project will connect a total length of 3.27 kilometers from Hajam-ri, Samdong-myeon to Sinhwa-ri, Samnam-myeon in Ulju-gun, with a total investment of 201.2 billion won. This road has been a long-awaited project promised to local residents during the attraction of Ulsan Sky Park, but the lack of national funding has delayed its progress until now.

To advance the project, the city of Ulsan coordinated with Ulju-gun and established a cost-sharing plan, which was accepted by Ulju-gun. As a result, in January 2023, the city initiated the basic and detailed design services. Subsequently, as the total project cost increased by more than 30%, the Korea Research Institute for Local Administration conducted a feasibility re-evaluation, and the required central investment re-examination procedures were carried out.

With the project having passed this re-examination, all administrative procedures for the project commencement have now been completed. Ulsan plans to finish the survey and appraisal of the land to be acquired within the first half of this year, and will determine the groundbreaking schedule based on the progress of compensation procedures.

Once the road opens, it will establish an east-west axis road network connecting the western and southern regions of Ulsan. This is expected to distribute traffic volume from the Ulsan Expressway and National Route 24, alleviating traffic congestion, reducing travel times, and improving accessibility between regions.

An official from the city of Ulsan stated, "This project is a key foundation for alleviating citizen inconvenience and promoting balanced regional development," adding, "We will do our best to secure funding and manage the project schedule so that the project can be completed within the construction period and deliver tangible improvements to the transportation environment for citizens."

The ‘central investment re-examination for local finance’ is a procedure under the Local Finance Act, in which the Ministry of the Interior and Safety re-verifies the feasibility, necessity, and funding plans for projects with a total project cost of 30 billion won or more if costs increase by over 30%.

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