Creating a tourism belt in the West Sea
Paving the way for effective logistics
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT, Minister NOH Hyeong-ouk) announced that the Boryeong Undersea Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in South Korea, will open to the public on December 1 at 10:00.
The tunnel, linking Daecheon Port in Boryeong-si and Wonsan Island in Ocheon-myeon, South Chungcheong Province, have gone through construction from December 2010 with the total project cost of 488.1 billion won and is now the longest undersea tunnel in Korea and fifth longest in the world.
With the undersea tunnel length of 5.2 km and total length of 6.9 km, the Boryeong Undersea Tunnel adopted the NATM method , which was the first for Korea, and developed the IMG method to effectively block any infiltration of sea water, raising the construction technology of South Korea to another level.
In link with the sea bridge from Boryeong to Taean constructed in 2019, the Boryeong Undersea Tunnel will shorten the travel length from Daecheon Beach to Yeongmok Port in Anmyeon Island from 95 km to 14 km and travel time from 90 minutes to 10 minutes.
Mr. Yun-Sang Lee, Assistant Minister for Road of MOLIT said “The opening of the Boryeong Undersea Tunnel will create a new tourism belt in the West Sea and will pave the way for effective logistics”
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