Pocheon City Presents 'Mid-to-Long-Term Traffic Safety Master Plan'

Pocheon City (Mayor Kim Jong-cheon) held an interim report meeting on four types of traffic-related service projects on the 29th at the City Government Conference Room, with transportation experts and related personnel in attendance to prepare a mid-to-long-term master plan in response to changing traffic conditions including the opening of the Guri-Pocheon Private Expressway and the development of Yongjung and Jangja Industrial Complex.

The service projects currently under way involve establishing comprehensive plans and detailed implementation plans in five-year units (2017-2021) in accordance with traffic-related laws and regulations such as the "Act on Development and Promotion of Use of Public Transportation." To reduce budget expenditure and promote efficient service implementation, the city commissioned four types of traffic-related service projects—Local Public Transportation Plan, Traffic Safety Basic Plan, Traffic Vulnerable Groups Mobility Enhancement Plan, and Urban Traffic Improvement Annual Implementation Plan—as a comprehensive service through project performance capability evaluation (PQ) rather than issuing individual contracts.

The interim report meeting, presided over by Vice Mayor Min Cheon-sik, was attended by members of the city council, transportation experts, and representatives from disability organizations among various segments of society. The service contractor presented reports on issues, improvement measures, and future plans based on on-site surveys and citizen questionnaires conducted over the past five months on the foundation of basic research materials, and substantive discussions with diverse perspectives were held.

Meanwhile, the four traffic-related service projects, including the establishment of the Transportation Basic Plan, will be developed over a 10-month period based on higher-level plans from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Gyeonggi Province to establish plans suited to the region's circumstances. Contents discussed in the interim report meeting will be supplemented and improved, and the final results are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017 through a final report meeting.

Jung Dong-joo, Director of the Traffic Administration Division, stated, "We will make efforts to establish rational traffic policies that improve citizens' accessibility to public transportation, ensure comfort and punctuality, and consider traffic-vulnerable groups."