Goosaek Station-Area Development Accelerates for Suwon's Southwest Regional Growth

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Development of the Goosaek station area, which will drive growth in Suwon's underdeveloped southwest region, is accelerating.

Suwon City held a 'Resident Meeting on Goosaek Station-Area Master Plan and Urban Planning Facility Decision' on the 31st in the conference room on the third floor of Pyeongdong Administrative Welfare Center.

The meeting was organized to explain the master plan for the Goosaek station area, results of road expansion and traffic analysis, directions and procedures for urban planning facility decisions, and to gather resident opinions.

The city plans to establish a transit system connecting Goosaek Station, set to open in August next year, with public transportation, while also building a pedestrian-centered traffic system featuring bicycle and pedestrian priority roads.

Pedestrian priority roads will be newly constructed with sidewalks rather than vehicle lanes in the center, and general roads positioned on the periphery.

As the Goosaek Station development is expected to increase traffic congestion on the main road connecting the station to the industrial complex due to incoming population, the city plans to expand the main road width and install sidewalks and bicycle lanes on both sides.

Additionally, the city will secure public facilities and cultural amenities such as community centers, libraries, community spaces, and startup support facilities at the core of the station area to supplement the lacking cultural facilities in the southwest region.

A green belt axis connecting Hwanggujicheon, Jungbodeul Park, and Seohocheon will be created to serve as a buffer forest blocking fine dust influx from the industrial complex.

The city anticipates that with commercial, office, residential, and cultural functions strategically placed near Goosaek Station, the area will establish itself as a regional innovation hub enabling self-sufficient living.

A city official stated, "We expect that with commercial functions connected to the Suwon General Industrial Complex located south of Goosaek Station, new vitality will be brought to the old city center."