Hanam City Holds Resident Briefing on 'Wiryesinsa Line Hanam Extension' Pre-Feasibility Study

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Hanam City held a 'Resident Briefing Session for Pre-Feasibility Study on Wiryesinsa Line Hanam Extension' at the Wiryedong Administrative Welfare Center on the 11th.

At the resident briefing session, the city explained to citizens ▲results of cost-benefit analysis by alternative routes ▲results of alternative route selection, and listened to diverse opinions from Hanam Wiryesung residents.

The city actively reviewed all eight route proposals that South Wiryesung and North Wiryesung residents had requested and explained the results. Six of these routes—△Wiryeung Central Station~Wiryesung A3-8 Block △Wiryesung Central Station~North Wiryesung △Line 5 Extension △Wiryesung Line (Tram) Extension △Wiryesung-Gwacheon Line Hanam Extension—showed benefit-cost analysis (B/C) ratios of 0.53 or lower, the city announced.

Meanwhile, the 'Wiryesung Central Station~Gamil District route' with connections enabling transfers to the Songpa-Hanam Line (Line 3) and the 'Wiryesamdong Line Hanam Station Addition,' which is currently undergoing pre-feasibility study, showed B/C ratios of 0.7 or higher, making them the most viable among the surveyed routes.

Based on these results, the city is committed to making every effort to reflect this route in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 'Fifth Metropolitan Area Comprehensive Transportation Implementation Plan,' despite the B/C result being lower than 1.0.

Jo Yeon-sik, Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Division, stated, "Hanam City has been conducting the 'Pre-Feasibility Study on Wiryesinsa Line Hanam Extension' since last November to resolve transportation inconveniences for residents in the Wiryesung area. We plan to actively review opinions raised at today's resident briefing session and propose the project to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 'Metropolitan Area Comprehensive Transportation Implementation Plan' through Gyeonggi Province by the end of November.

Mayor Lee Hyun-jae said, "Generally, railways are considered economically viable when the benefit-cost (B/C) ratio reaches 1.0 or higher, so there may be difficulties in reflecting this in higher-level plans. However, to resolve future transportation challenges, both the city and Wiryesung residents must work together and make joint efforts."