Miryang Mayor Park Il-ho, "I Will Make Miryang a Well-Connected Transportation Hub"

Busan Regional Construction and Management Office Urges Promotion of National Road No. 58 Bubuok~Sangdong and Bubuok~Sangnam Bypass Roads

On the 10th, Park Il-ho, mayor of Miryang City, Gyeongnam, visited the Busan Regional Land Management Office to actively request support for local pending projects.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Wook] Park Il-ho, mayor of Miryang City, Gyeongnam, is working tirelessly to transform Miryang into a transportation hub with access in all directions.

On the 10th, Mayor Park visited the Busan Regional Land Management Office to actively request support for local pending projects.

On that day, Mayor Park held a meeting with Director Jin Hyun-hwan and urged the prompt advancement of five local projects included in the 5th Five-Year Plan for National and Local Road Construction (2021?2025), and requested that major local pending projects be maximally reflected in the 7th phase of the national road hazardous road and bottleneck improvement projects.

The national road construction projects included in the 5th Five-Year Plan for National and Local Road Construction, such as National Road No. 58 Bubuk?Sangdong, National Road No. 25 Bubuk?Sangnam Bypass Road, and National Road No. 24 Muan?Bubuk, are currently in the basic and detailed design stages. The National Road No. 58 Bubuk Jedae?Unjeon section and Samrangjin Samrang national road construction projects are also scheduled to begin basic and detailed design next year.

The city expects that upon completion of the 5th Five-Year Plan for National and Local Road Construction projects, it will not only alleviate citizens’ inconveniences and habitual traffic congestion and improve winding roads, providing benefits to local residents, but also secure transportation routes for industrial cargo volumes in surrounding industrial complexes, greatly aiding regional economic development.

Additionally, to improve six areas including the Cheonghak Interchange on National Road No. 58, which have vulnerable road geometry, bottleneck sections, and safety concerns due to traffic accident risks, the mayor requested that these be reflected in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s 7th phase basic plan for national road hazardous road and bottleneck improvement projects.

Mayor Park said, “To create a balanced and well-connected transportation hub city, we will continue to cooperate with the Busan Regional Land Management Office to ensure that local pending projects are resolved in a timely manner.”