Yongin Special City Mayor Lee Sang-il Discusses Cooperation Issues Between Yongin and Seongnam

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin Special City Mayor Lee Sang-il met on the evening of the 2nd with People Power Party National Assembly Member Ahn Cheol-soo (Bundang Gap District) and Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin to discuss cooperation measures between Yongin and Seongnam.

The three particularly agreed on the need for joint efforts to resolve transportation inconveniences experienced by citizens of both cities.

Mayor Lee, Mayor Shin, and Assembly Member Ahn shared a dinner in Bundang that day and decided to hold ongoing discussions to realize the project of extending Subway Line 3 from Suseo through Seongnam's Daejang-dong to Suji and Gwanggyo.

They also agreed to resolve the issue of establishing a new SRT high-speed rail station in Suji and Bundang, which is a pledge by President Yoon Suk-yeol, as well as the expansion of the bridge connecting Yongin's Gogi-dong and Seongnam's Daejang-dong, to enhance transportation convenience for citizens of both cities.

Regarding the Gogi-dong and Daejang-dong connecting bridge, which experiences severe traffic congestion on holidays, Mayor Lee said, "Let us mayors directly step forward to solve this problem to quickly resolve citizens' transportation inconveniences," and Mayor Shin responded, "Let us work actively."