Democratic Party Balanced Development Committee Chair Woo Won-sik Visits Pohang City … Lee Kang-deok Says "Donghaean Bridge Must Be Built"

Mayor Lee Kang-deok of Pohang (right) explaining local issues to Woo Won-shik, Chairman of the Democratic Party's National Balanced Development Committee, on the 18th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Lee Kang-deok, Mayor of Pohang, welcomed Woo Won-shik, Chairman of the Democratic Party's Special Committee on National Balanced Development, and his delegation visiting Pohang City, and requested support for securing budgets for local key projects such as the construction of the Donghaean Bridge (Yeongilman crossing section) and the establishment of the next-generation Battery Park.

Chairman Woo played a significant role as the floor leader of the Democratic Party during the 2017 Pohang earthquake in enacting the Pohang Earthquake Special Act.

On this day, Mayor Lee emphasized that for the early opening of the Donghae Expressway (between Pohang and Yeongdeok) in 2023, which is a wide-area road network in the Donghae region and a national arterial road for north-south economic cooperation, it is essential to approve the change in the total project cost reflecting the Yeongilman crossing section.

Pohang is currently emerging as the optimal location for the next-generation Battery Park, with the designation of the next-generation battery regulatory free zone, the promotion of the electric vehicle used battery resource circulation cluster project, and research institutions for core secondary battery technologies.

Mayor Lee said, "Since its establishment in 1975, the Pohang National Industrial Complex, which is over 45 years old, should be linked with the nearby Gyeongju and Yeongcheon industrial complexes, which have significant forward and backward effects," and asked Chairman Woo for cooperation to ensure that the Pohang area industrial complex is selected for the old industrial complex renovation project.