(LEAD) expressway project-first lady (LEAD) Gov't scraps expressway project at center of allegations involving first lady(ATTN: ADDS county mayor's remarks in last 3 paras)By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Land Minister Won Hee-ryong said Thursday the government decided to scrap an expressway construction project that the main opposition political party has argued would give financial benefits to first lady Kim Keon-hee's family. The Democratic Party (DP) has raised allegations that the route of the envisioned expressway connecting Seoul and Yangpyeong, 52 kilometers east of Seoul, has been changed to eventually increase the prices of land owned by Kim's family.

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