Gyeonggi Province Transition Committee Reviews 'Complex New City' Development

The Gyeonggi Province Governor-elect transition committee announced on the 15th that it is "reviewing plans for constructing large-scale complex new cities differentiated from residential-focused new cities of the past" in relation to the "third-phase new city" initiative.

The New Town Special Committee under the transition committee held a meeting at the Suwon Public Officials Training Institute with the attendance of Lee Woo-jong, Vice President of Kyungwon University, Hong Kyung-pyo, Director of Korea Land Corporation, and Cha Young-ho, Director of Gyeonggi Regional Public Corporation, to discuss these measures.

At the forum, the following proposals were presented as large-scale complex new city models: ▲new cities linked with inter-Korean exchange and Yellow Sea economic zone development ▲satellite new cities supporting growth engines such as the Paju LCD cluster ▲new cities accompanied by large-scale industrial complexes around the second outer ring road.

Forum participants reached a consensus that Kim Moon-soo, the governor-elect's pledged new town development projects require separate project names such as "Renewal City" reflecting Gyeonggi Province's characteristics, along with development linking old and new urban areas.

The transition committee plans to establish implementation methods and select target sites based on forum discussions through consultations with metropolitan policy officials and land development experts.

Previously, Kim Moon-soo proposed a "new city development theory replacing Gangnam" during the May 31 local elections, stating that "the government has failed to provide pleasant residential areas to replace Gangnam for over a decade since Bundang and Ilsan, resulting in haphazard apartment complexes being built throughout the Seoul metropolitan area."