Large-scale Rally Related to Queer Festival Tomorrow in Downtown Seoul... Traffic Congestion Expected
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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] On Saturday the 16th, a large-scale rally is expected to cause severe traffic congestion in downtown Seoul.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 15th that the Seoul Queer Festival Organizing Committee and anti-queer festival groups will hold rallies and marches on the 16th. The police explained that severe traffic jams are expected around Sejong-daero and the Seoul City Council area in the city center, and they plan to manage traffic by guiding vehicles to detour routes.
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To minimize traffic congestion and inconvenience to citizens in the downtown area, the police plan to install 30 guide signboards around the rally and march routes and deploy about 300 traffic police officers. A Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency official urged, "If passing through the downtown area, please use public transportation such as the subway as much as possible, and if you must drive, please follow detour routes around congested areas and obey the traffic police's hand signals."
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