How is the development of the 'Nangok Line' from Boramae Park Station (Sillim Line) to Nanhyang Elementary School?

Held 'Nangok Line Light Rail Resident Briefing Session' with Seoul City Officials on 26th
Collected Residents' Opinions on Route Adjustments and Feasibility Study Progress
Committed to Transportation Welfare and Regional Development in Transportation-Vulnerable Areas: Nanghyang-dong, Nangok-dong, Miseong-dong

Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) held a residents' briefing session on the 26th to promote the smooth progress of the long-awaited local project, the 'Nangok Line Light Rail Construction Project.'

The planned stations include a total of five stations, including two transfer stations.

In particular, this line passes through the transportation-vulnerable areas within Gwanak-gu, ▲Nanhyang-dong ▲Nangok-dong ▲Miseong-dong, aiming to improve transportation infrastructure and promote regional development, making it a highly anticipated project in the Nangok area.

Accordingly, the district and Seoul City actively submitted development plans and other proposals to related agencies such as ▲the Ministry of Economy and Finance ▲KDI Public Investment Management Center to enhance the economic feasibility of the 'Nangok Line.' They also delivered videos of bus traffic in the Nangok area and an interview with the mayor, reflecting the residents' aspirations.

However, according to the current preliminary feasibility study evaluation criteria, the business viability (B/C) of the Nangok Line is low, making project promotion difficult.

This is because the business evaluation method focuses on economic feasibility and does not reflect the positive effects expected when the Nangok Line opens, such as alleviating transportation inconveniences in a railway-undeveloped area and balanced national development in the southwestern region.

Therefore, the district has been working closely with Seoul City to pass the preliminary feasibility study for the Nangok Line, including proposing improvements to the Ministry of Economy and Finance regarding the problems of the current preliminary feasibility study system.

The residents' briefing session was held to explain the progress of the preliminary feasibility study for the 'Nangok Line Light Rail Project' to residents and to gather their opinions.

On this day, the district, together with Seoul City officials, provided a detailed explanation of the progress of the preliminary feasibility study and expressed their determination to prepare the optimal alternative and promote the Nangok Line smoothly.

Residents attending the briefing session proposed various alternatives, such as route adjustments, as measures to secure economic feasibility for passing the preliminary feasibility study, forming a consensus on many points.

The district plans to firmly establish the necessity of constructing the Nangok Line Light Rail to promote regional development and alleviate transportation inconveniences, actively seeking ways to improve economic feasibility and working closely with Seoul City to push the project forward.

Park Jun-hee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, said, "We will do our utmost to secure transportation infrastructure, reflecting the aspirations of the residents of the Nangok area," and added, "We will cooperate more closely with Seoul City and related agencies to ensure the smooth progress of the Nangok Line Light Rail Project."