Hwaseong Special City Opens Connecting Ramp for Provincial Road 78 Bibong District on 4th

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Hwaseong Special City announced that it preemptively opened the "direct connecting ramp section from Provincial Road 78 Yamok Intersection to Provincial Road 313 access point" at 4 p.m. on the 4th to resolve chronic traffic congestion and safety issues in the Bibong District area.

The opened section is a direct connecting ramp section (Ramp-A, 0.5km) located in Gupo-ri, Bibong-myeon, Hyohang-gu.

Until now, the Bibong Intersection area had experienced chronic traffic congestion during rush hours due to increased traffic from new residents moving into the Bibong District. In particular, vehicles waiting to make left turns to enter the Bibong District affected the straight-ahead lanes, and concerns about traffic accidents persisted as emergency stops and bunching repeated.

Given this, the city determined that resolving citizen inconvenience was urgent even before the final handover of the entire construction section, and coordinated with Korea Land & Housing Organization (LH), the project developer, to preemptively take over the ramp section and begin road operation.

With the opening of this ramp section, vehicles entering and exiting toward Bibong District can now use the direct ramp without waiting for intersection signals, reducing travel time during rush hours and decreasing interference in straight-ahead lanes caused by left-turn waiting vehicles, which is expected to improve both traffic flow and safety.

In fact, immediately after the road opening, local communities reported positive reactions such as "I crossed the intersection in 2-3 minutes that used to take more than 20 minutes during commute time" and "I feel relieved as the risk of lane change accidents has decreased."

Kim Ki-du, Director of Safety and Construction, stated, "This preemptive opening of the ramp section is a measure to promptly resolve traffic inconvenience that citizens are experiencing," and added, "We will continue to coordinate with relevant organizations so that remaining project sections are quickly supplemented with any missing elements, creating a safe and smooth road environment."