Jogyuil, Mayor of Jinju, Visits and Inspects Bicycle Paths with Group Leaders

Visiting the Naedong-myeon Office to Yudong Village Site

Jo Gyu-il, Mayor of Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, visited the site of the streetlight installation project between Naedong-myeon Office and Yudong Village on the Gyeongjeon Line abandoned railway bicycle road on the 9th, along with local organization leaders, to conduct a preliminary inspection.

The Gyeongjeon Line abandoned railway bicycle road was developed by utilizing the abandoned railway, starting construction in 2018 and completed in 2022 up to Yudong Village with a total project cost of 5.1 billion KRW.

Among this, the road section between Naedong-myeon Office and Yudong Village had streetlights installed only from the Namgang riverside to Naedong-myeon Office, causing inconvenience for residents of Jeongju, Doksan, and Yudong villages during nighttime walks and rides.

Mayor Jo Gyu-il is inspecting the streetlight installation site from Naedong-myeon Office to Yudong Village.

Accordingly, the city decided to install 122 streetlights with a total project cost of 500 million KRW to provide convenience for nighttime passage on the bicycle road, aiming for completion in July.

On the day, Mayor Jo inspected the site and said, “We aim to reduce the occurrence of accidents at night and resolve inconveniences related to nighttime passage by installing streetlights on the Gyeongjeon Line abandoned railway bicycle road. We will continue to make efforts so that citizens can enjoy safe and pleasant leisure activities.”

Jinju City also plans to promote the development of the bicycle road for the 4.2 km section from Yudong Village, where construction was halted due to the Korea Railroad Research Institute using it as a collision test site, to the boundary with Sacheon City after the contract with the Korea National Railway Corporation expires in 2025, and to renovate the Usu Railroad Bridge to turn it into a tourist attraction.