The presidential office said Friday that construction will resume on the long-delayed Seoul–Yangpyeong Expressway, a 27-kilometer four-lane route linking Gamil-dong in Hanam with Yangpyeong, east of Seoul, at an estimated cost of 1.7 trillion won ($1.3 billion). The project was halted in July 2023 after allegations emerged that a proposed route change — shifting the expressway’s endpoint from Yangseo-myeon to Gangsang-myeon, which are both in Yangpyeong — led to preferential treatment benefiting land linked to Kim Keon Hee, the wife of then-President Yoon Suk Yeol. Investigations later found that Kim’s family and affiliated companies owned multiple parcels of land within roughly five kilometers of the proposed endpoint. Hong Ik-pyo, the presidential secretary for political affairs, said at a news conference that the decision to revive the project reflected a view that it could no longer be delayed. “The decision was driven by the judgment that the project could no longer be delayed, given worsening congestion in surrounding areas and the expected 2029 occupancy of Gyosan New