Home

The Korea Herald

Latest news

Most Popular

  1. 1

    Jung's paternity reveal exposes where Korea stands on extramarital babies

    Jung's paternity reveal exposes where Korea stands on extramarital babies
  2. 2

    Samsung entangled in legal risks amid calls for drastic reform

    Samsung entangled in legal risks amid calls for drastic reform
  3. 3

    Heavy snow alerts issued in greater Seoul area, Gangwon Province; over 20 cm of snow seen in Seoul

    Heavy snow alerts issued in greater Seoul area, Gangwon Province; over 20 cm of snow seen in Seoul
  4. 4

    [Herald Interview] 'Trump will use tariffs as first line of defense for American manufacturing'

    [Herald Interview] 'Trump will use tariffs as first line of defense for American manufacturing'
  5. 5

    Agency says Jung Woo-sung unsure on awards attendance after lovechild revelations

    Agency says Jung Woo-sung unsure on awards attendance after lovechild revelations
  1. 6

    [Health and care] Getting cancer young: Why cancer isn’t just an older person’s battle

    [Health and care] Getting cancer young: Why cancer isn’t just an older person’s battle
  2. 7

    K-pop fandoms wield growing influence over industry decisions

    K-pop fandoms wield growing influence over industry decisions
  3. 8

    [Graphic News] International marriages on rise in Korea

    [Graphic News] International marriages on rise in Korea
  4. 9

    Korea's auto industry braces for Trump’s massive tariffs in Mexico

    Korea's auto industry braces for Trump’s massive tariffs in Mexico
  5. 10

    Seoul's first snowfall could hit hard, warns weather agency

    Seoul's first snowfall could hit hard, warns weather agency
소아쌤

Korea to build 900 kilometers in new roads in 2017

By KH디지털2

Published : Feb. 9, 2017 - 09:19

    • Link copied

South Korea will extend national roads by over 900 kilometers this year, greatly improving the accessibility of the entire nation while also helping boost the local economy, the government said Thursday.

Also, more than 60 percent of 7.3 trillion won ($6.37 billion) in government budget earmarked for the construction of new roads will be utilized in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

In total, the ministry plans to build 918 kilometers of new road in 73 separate sections.

(Yonhap) (Yonhap)
"This will mark a 44-percent spike from 638 kilometers last year. Such an increase partly comes from new roads to be opened this year under projects aimed at supporting the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games," it said in a press release.

The Winter Games are set to open early next year in the eastern city located some 180 kilometers from Seoul.

New roads to be built and opened this year include a 22-kilometer expressway between Seongnam and Anyang, which will help reduce the overall travel time from Seoul's Incheon International Airport to the main game venues of the upcoming Olympics by 40 minutes to about 95 minutes.

A 72-kilometer extension of the expressway between Seoul and Yangyang, Gangwon Province, will also open before the year's end, reducing the time of travel from the capital to the remote coastal city in Gangwon Province to 90 minutes from the current 130 minutes, the ministry said.

"Once the new road construction projects are completed, they will greatly contribute to the local economy, as well as a successful hosting of the PyeongChang Olympic Games," it added. (Yonhap)

More from Headlines