[앵커]
This time, let’s take a look at the highway situation on the way back home.
Connect to the relay car at the Seoul Tollgate.
Reporter Kim Bo-dam! Is the road very congested?
[기자]
Yes, you can see cars exiting the Seoul toll booth behind me.
I was here 3 hours ago, and the congestion was at its worst around 7pm, when cars were converging on their way home from work, but after that, cars seem to gradually regain their speed.
Although it is more crowded than on weekdays, traffic is not as heavy as during the Chuseok holiday in previous years, perhaps because traffic is dispersed during the long holiday.
By 8 p.m., 400,000 vehicles had left the metropolitan area. Let’s take a look at the current flow of these vehicles by major section through CCTV.
First, it is near the Cheonan Junction of the Gyeongbu Expressway.
Traffic is increasing in the direction of Busan on the right side of the screen, and cars are moving slowly.
Next is the West Pyeongtaek area on the West Coast Expressway.
Likewise, you can see the slow flow of traffic on the right side of the screen, in the direction of Mokpo.
Next is near the West Cheongju Interchange on the Jungbu Expressway.
Vehicle traffic is concentrated in the direction of Nami on the left side of the screen.
[앵커]
If I leave Seoul now, how long will it take to get to Busan or Gwangju?
[기자]
The Korea Expressway Corporation predicted that when departing from the Seoul toll gate at 9 p.m., it would take 5 hours and 50 minutes to Busan, 5 hours and 20 minutes to Gwangju, and 3 hours and 30 minutes to Daejeon.
Congestion on the way home is expected to continue today (the 27th), and traffic volume is expected to decrease somewhat from this time until midnight, but increase again after 4 a.m. tomorrow (the 28th).
Meanwhile, from 00:00 tomorrow, tolls on highways nationwide, including private highways, will be exempted for four days during the Chuseok holiday.
However, on substitute holidays and National Foundation Day, tolls must be paid as usual.
Real-time highway traffic information can be checked through the highway traffic information app or the ‘Road Plus’ website.
This is Kim Bo-dam of KBS News at the Seoul toll booth.
Camera reporter: Jeong Jun-hee / Video editor: Lee Tae-hee
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2023-09-27 12:45:00
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