Yongin City Fulfills Residents' Long-Standing Wish with Opening of 'Yongin Urban Planning Road District 2-9'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Yongin Special City announced on the 8th that it has opened the 'Yongin Urban Planning Road District 2-9,' which connects Mabuk-dong in Giheung-gu to the back gate of Dankook University's Jukjeon Campus.

This road was a long-standing wish of residents in Mabuk-dong, Giheung-gu, and was one of the campaign pledges made by Mayor Lee Sang-il during his mayoral election in 2022.

As this road, which had previously been too narrow for vehicles to pass comfortably, has been expanded into a two-lane, two-directional road, the traffic inconvenience experienced by local residents has been substantially resolved.

This road connects to Dankook University's back gate, and the university plans to complete internal road construction within the campus around December this year and connect it with 'Yongin Urban Planning Road District 2-9.'

Once the university's construction is completed, residents of Mabuk-dong will be able to enter through Dankook University's back gate and access wide-area buses to Seoul from the bus stop at the main gate.

The city plans to establish a new village bus route once the road connection is finalized, allowing buses to operate for citizens using this road.

Mayor Lee Sang-il visited 'Yongin Urban Planning Road District 2-9 (Section 2)' at 574 Mabuk-dong, Giheung-gu on the 7th to confirm the status of construction completion and held a discussion session with residents for approximately one hour.

At the meeting, Mayor Lee stated that the city had coordinated with the university to ensure that the internal road at Dankook University connecting to the city's newly opened road would be completed within this year, and expressed his intention to monitor the progress of the university's internal road construction to ensure it proceeds without delay.

Meanwhile, 'Yongin Urban Planning Road District 2-9' has a total length of 663 meters and a width of 8 meters. Construction began in April 2023 and was completed on July 31st of this year. The total construction cost, including compensation, is 11.55 billion won.

With the opening of 'Yongin Urban Planning Road District 2-9,' Dankook University is also proceeding with its internal road construction project.

The internal road at Dankook University is 150 meters long and 8 meters wide, with construction expected to begin in November this year and be completed in December.

The opening of the road connecting Mabuk-dong and Dankook University is expected to enhance traffic convenience for residents in the Mabuk-dong area of Giheung-gu.

In particular, once construction of the university's internal road is completed and a new village bus route is established, residents of Mabuk-dong will be able to conveniently use the wide-area buses departing from Dankook University's main gate.