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Unifying the operation of Privately Funded Expressways

민자고속도로 통합운영방안 연구

  • Shin, Yong-Suk (Seo-hae Grand Bridge Management Office, Korea Expressway Corporation)
  • 신용석 (한국도로공사 서해대교관리소)
  • Received : 2012.03.05
  • Accepted : 2012.06.14
  • Published : 2012.08.31

Abstract

The Korean government has actively accepted private investments in building expressways to improve its financial status. As of 2012, 422km of 9 private expressways are under operation, and until 2016 additional 15 are planned to be built with private investments. However, on average, each private expressway is at most 37km long, which works against economies of scale in maintenance and thus leads to inefficiencies such as traffic jams, driver inconveniences, and the increase in operating costs. To resolve these problems, the present study suggested that the maintenance and tolling system should be unified across each private operator. Unifying the operation of private expressways was expected to reduce user travel times and tolls, and save operator maintenance costs. These economic effects were expected to be tantamount to hundreds of billions of dollars. The shared toll collecting system will also reduce user's delays by removing main line tollgates. This can save another hundreds of billions of dollars by ensuring driver's convenience and safety.

정부는 재정의 효율적 운영을 위해 민자 유치를 적극 추진하여 2012년 현재 9개 민자고속도로/422km가 운영중이며, 향후 24개 노선/928km로 확대 운영될 예정이다. 그러나, 평균연장이 37km에 불과한 민자고속도로들이 노선별로 요금정산과 유지관리를 시행함에 따라 이용자 불편, 도로정체, 운영비 증가 등 문제 발생하고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 단구간 민자고속도로의 통합운영을 제안한다. 통합운영으로 인해 이용객 운행시간 감소, 운영비용 절감, 민자고속도로 통행료 인하가 가능하며, 통합으로 인한 경제적인 효과는 수천억원이 될 것으로 예상된다. 또한 민자 및 재정고속도로의 요금정산 통합운영으로 중간정산영업소 정차시간 단축으로 이용객 편의증진 및 안전운행을 도모할 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

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