Gyeonggi Province Establishes Comprehensive Regional Transportation Improvement Plan

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 6th that it has decided to establish a comprehensive regional transportation improvement plan for nine large-scale housing development sites planned to be developed in southern Gyeonggi.

The province added that it is preparing a comprehensive transportation plan ahead of development to preemptively address traffic congestion issues, including insufficient transportation connectivity between new cities and existing cities, which arose as development policies focused on housing supply and individual district-level transportation measures were pursued.

Accordingly, the province plans to allocate a total of 1.35 billion won to develop regional transportation measures for nine districts: Janghyeon and Mokgam districts in Siheung, Bibon, Namyang, Jangan, and Bongdam 2 districts in Hwaseong, a housing development site in Osan, Pyeonghwa New Town in Pyeongtaek, and New Town in Anseong.

The province has decided to focus on securing public transportation means by systematically organizing a regional transportation network and supporting development project costs to enable the early implementation of subway and light rail construction plans passing through nearby business sites.

The province also decided to include in the service contract a plan to introduce state-of-the-art transportation systems such as ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) and establish a scientific and rational regional transportation plan centered on public transportation.

Previously, the province had established a plan to construct or expand and pave 123 roads spanning 370 km and implement three-dimensional improvements to 38 main roads by 2010 at a total cost of 67.648 trillion won for 24 housing developments, including Hwaseong's Dongtan district, built since 2002.