By I guess having a traffic jam below ground is better than one above ground:
Seoul City plans to build a 150-kilometer-long underground highway network 60 meters below the city’s surface.
The city government unveiled on Wednesday a plan to construct eight underground roadways in a lattice pattern.
The eleven-trillion won project will be comprised of three roads running south and north, three running east and west, and two beltways linking the six together.
The city expects the planned underground road network to reduce ground traffic by 20 percent.
The city will use the space created from the reduction of ground traffic to build bike paths and green development areas.
The city plans to start designing the network next year and will complete the three south-north roadways by 2017. [KBS Global]
11:54 am on August 7th, 2009 1
It's harder to turn an underground road system into a sea of fire too. Maybe in part SK is preparing for the reality of a nuclear-armed North…
5:55 pm on August 7th, 2009 2
That's a lot of carbon monoxide to produce underground. I find it much more likely that it will increase road traffic by 20% overall, instead of reducing ground traffic.
Regardless, I wish them luck.
9:27 pm on August 7th, 2009 3
Maybe they will find that the North Koreans have already done half of the tunnelling work for them.
6:27 am on August 8th, 2009 4
August 9th 2021: Tragedy strikes in Seoul, south Korea as thousands perish in an elaborate underground highway due to a failure in a crucial ventilation system.
2:42 am on September 2nd, 2009 5
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