Pocheon City Launches Road Construction and Management Plan Project

Pocheon City (Mayor Kim Jong-cheon) announced that it will launch the Road Construction and Management Plan project for Pocheon City in the near future to efficiently expand the road network in response to rapidly increasing traffic demand.

The Pocheon City Road Construction and Management Plan is a statutory plan established every five years by the road management authority under the Road Act for the smooth construction of roads and the maintenance and management of roads. Based on this plan, Pocheon City will systematically promote road construction and improvements on an annual basis as a five-year plan from 2017 onwards.

In this project, Pocheon City plans to present a new road policy paradigm that departs from quantitative road expansion and focuses on the environment, safety, and improved investment efficiency. The project will reanalyze the relevance between this service plan and other related plans, the basic objectives and improvement measures of the plan, efficient maintenance and investment plans for the road network, and methods of securing financial resources.

The project will establish a comprehensive road network plan for systematic management, including △ the goals and directions of road construction and management △ overview, project duration, and priorities of individual road construction projects △ matters concerning road management and the utilization and operation of roads and road assets △ matters concerning costs necessary for road construction and management and securing their financial resources △ matters concerning preservation and management of the environment around roads and preservation of regional communities △ matters concerning improvement of road scenery and the establishment and operation of road traffic information systems △ matters concerning preservation and management of the environment around roads.

Ose Ik, Director of the Construction Department, stated, "Based on the results of this project, we will prioritize stages for road projects in Pocheon City and establish an optimal investment plan to promote more convenient and safe road development and improvements for citizens."