On the 11th, Democratic Party of Korea Incheon mayoral candidate Park Chan-dae held a press conference at the Michuhol District campaign office "Dangchan Camp" in Incheon and said, "I will pursue transportation innovation through a major overhaul of the rail network and a major remodeling of the road network."
Park said that day, "Incheon faces the absurd tragedy that it takes 1 hour and 30 minutes to go to Gangnam, to Busan, or even to travel within Incheon," adding, "The congestion expense alone reaches 4.28 trillion won a year."
Park proposed a "major overhaul of the rail network" and a "major remodeling of the road network" as solutions.
Regarding the major overhaul of the rail network, Park said, "I will include the GTX-D and E lines, which former Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok failed to deliver, in the fifth national rail network construction plan and improve citizens' accessibility by putting the Gyeongin Line underground and adding more express trains."
She continued, "We will promote Line 3 in Incheon to link the new towns of Songdo and Cheongna, and extend the existing Incheon Line 2, Seoul Line 5, and Seoul Line 7 to eliminate rail blind spots."
Park pointed out that while Incheon's per-capita car ownership is higher than the national average, the road length per car is only half the national average, and pledged a full overhaul of Incheon's road structure. Park said, "We will tightly weave the entire city of Incheon with a grid-type ring road network that connects the east-west five axes and the north-south six axes."
Specific plans for the north-south six axes include promoting the Incheon section of the Second Capital Area Ring Expressway, speeding up Jungbong-daero through opening tunnels and underpasses, completing Incheon-daero, building a new Incheon East Arterial Road, building a new Incheon Central Arterial Road, and converting the Jangsu IC–Seochang JC section of the First Capital Area Ring Expressway into an expressway.
Specific plans for the east-west five axes include improving access to the Incheon International Airport Expressway, putting the Cheongna–Sinwol section of the Gyeongin Expressway underground and refurbishing the surface arterial road, promoting the Fourth Gyeongin Expressway, expanding the Munhak IC–Seoksu IC section of the Second Gyeongin Expressway, and opening the underpass section of Aam-daero.
In addition, Park mentioned as pledges promoting the Yeongjong–Ganghwa Peace Road as a national highway, expanding Incheon International Airport shuttle buses, and refurbishing passenger ships serving island areas.
Park said, "Transportation is not simply about riding in a car and moving; the time spent on the road each day determines quality of life," adding, "Only when Incheon's industrial roads extend nationwide, and then to the world, can Incheon's economy grow without obstruction."