Nongwon Interchange Connection Road Closes from June 15, New Route Opens

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] The Gyeonggi Province Construction Headquarters announced on June 14 that from 0:00 on June 15, it will close the connection road from Local Road 57 in the Bundang direction (entrance) to National Road 43 in the Suji direction (exit) for Nongwon Interchange improvement work and partially open a new detour connection road (length 0.625km, width 4.5m).

Nongwon Interchange is the terminus of the Gwangju Opo~Pogok Section 2 road construction project and is undergoing improvement work from an incomplete grade separation interchange to a complete cloverleaf interchange. An incomplete grade separation interchange is a connection interchange with three directions at a road intersection, while a complete cloverleaf interchange is an interchange that allows traffic flow in four directions.

The Construction Headquarters expects that upon completion of the Nongwon Interchange improvement work, the Opo~Pogok Section 2 will be completed, and traffic congestion in the chronically congested section between Seongnam~Gwangju~Yongin will be substantially alleviated.

The Opo~Pogok Section 2 road construction project is a business in which Gyeonggi Province invests a total project cost of 210.8 billion won to newly construct a 6.2km section from Chobu-ri to Dongrim-ri in Mohyeon-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin City as a four-lane road. Construction commenced in November 2011, and the entire section is scheduled to open in October of this year.

Meanwhile, on the opening day, traffic guide personnel and traffic police will be deployed at the site to prevent traffic congestion and accidents.