U.S, Nov. 7 -- Hanam City is accelerating the construction of seven major metropolitan road networks, aiming to transform itself into a "30-minute city within Seoul's reach" and a key transportation hub in eastern Greater Seoul. The road expansion initiative, backed by 326.7 billion won in investment from the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) and Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation (GH), accompanies the city's existing five-line metropolitan railway plan.

The projects were reflected early in the Gyosan New Town metropolitan transportation improvement plan after active coordination between Hanam City and national agencies. Learning from past new town developments-where residents moved in long before transportation facilities were...