Gyeonggi Province Releases 'Regulation Map' Covering 31 Cities and Counties

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jang Gyeong-hee] Gyeonggi Province has created and released on the 9th a 'Regulation Map of the Province' that allows residents to examine at a glance the regulatory situations and details specific to each of the 31 cities and counties across the province.

This measure aims to realize the policy commitment of Provincial Governor Lee Jae-myung of the 7th popularly elected administration—that 'exceptional sacrifices deserve exceptional compensation'—through an accurate grasp of regions suffering from overlapping regulations.

The regulation map has been created to allow easy identification of 'eight types of regulations' that the province faces for 'resolving national issues' such as balanced territorial development, military affairs, and water resources, including: ▲Metropolitan Readjustment Planning Act ▲Military Facility Protection Areas ▲Development Restriction Zones ▲Drinking Water Source Protection Areas ▲Waterside Areas ▲Special Measures Areas ▲Factory Establishment Restriction Areas ▲Emission Facility Installation Restriction Areas.

According to the regulation map, the province is subject to regulations including: metropolitan area restrictions (all areas), Paldang Special Measures Area (2,097㎢), development restriction zones (1,166㎢), drinking water source protection areas (190㎢), waterside areas (145㎢), and military facility protection areas (2,239㎢).

In particular, regions in eastern Gyeonggi such as Gwangju, Yangpyeong, Gapyeong, Yeoju, Icheon, and Namyangju are subject to overlapping regulations including: ▲natural conservation zones and special measures areas ▲drinking water source protection areas ▲waterside areas, as well as factory establishment restriction areas and emission facility installation restriction areas.

As a result of these overlapping restrictions on industrial facility area and location, side effects such as disorderly development have occurred, with 99% of factories in the eastern region developed as small-scale development sites rather than industrial complexes.

Accordingly, the province plans to utilize the regulation map created this time by widely publicizing it through the central government and the National Assembly to improve unreasonable regulations.

In particular, the provincial regulation map will be distributed in printed form starting from the 9th to the central government, the National Assembly, provincial councils, the 31 cities and counties, research institutes, and news organizations.

Additionally, the province plans to make the map publicly available online through the province's website and real estate portal to allow residents to more conveniently check land regulation information.

A provincial official stated, "We created the regulation map to accurately grasp and widely publicize the regulations that Gyeonggi Province faces for resolving national issues," and added, "Through active promotion of the regulation map, we will make efforts to improve unreasonable regulations."