Korea Expressway Corporation () is a South Korean corporation running the toll roads of South Korea.
Timeline
- 1968 â Started construction of Gyeongbu Expressway
- 1969 â KEC founded (capital stock of 50billion won)
- 1970 â Opened whole section of 428 km Gyeongbu Expressway
- 1973 â Opened the era of 1,000 km Expressway network
- 1973 â Established a Survey Institute (Currently Transport Research Institute)
- 1978 â Daily number of vehicles using expressways surpassed 100,000
- 1980 â Launched integrated tolling system
- 1984 â Opened a traffic information broadcasting studio
- 1987 â Total length of expressway exceed 1,500 km
- 1988 â Daily toll revenue surpassed 1 billion won
- 1990 â Total assets exceeded 1 trillion Korea won
- 1994 â Mechanized toll collection system (TCS) at all toll gates
- 1994 â Total assets surpassed 5 trillion won
- 1994 â Introduced the first bus-only lane
- 1997 â Built nationwide independent communications network
- 1999 â Started Hi-Pass pilot project
- 1999 â Opened the era of 2,000 km Expressway network
- 2001 â Opened 423.2 km expressways
- 2003 â Arranged foreign capital at low interest rates (US$500mil, 10year maturity)
- 2007 â Expanded Hi-Pass service to nationwide
- 2007 â Total length of expressways exceed 3,000 km
- 2010 â Rate of Hi-Pass use surpassed 50% and number of Hi-Pass users surpassed 5 million
- 2012 â Opened the era of 4,000 km Expressway network
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