Yongin City Temporarily Opens 27 Paid Public Parking Lots for Free

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Yongin City announced on Friday that it will temporarily open all 5,426 parking spaces at 27 paid public parking lots in the city for free starting from the 17th to revitalize the local economy depressed by the COVID-19 crisis.

Eleven paid attached parking lots and ten outdoor parking lots operated by Yongin Urban Development Corporation and private contractors will be available for free until the end of the COVID-19 crisis, while six on-street parking lots will be free through the end of this month.

Among these, the paid attached parking lots (3,555 spaces total) and outdoor parking lots (1,493 spaces total) were newly opened for free on this day, and the on-street parking lots (378 spaces) extended the free parking period through the end of this month, which had been free from March 2 to 16.

Mayor of Yongin City Baek Kun-ki said, "We decided to open public parking lots for free to revitalize the local economy depressed due to COVID-19, a national disaster," and added, "I hope people will use local restaurants and shops in old downtown areas without worrying about parking fees, and lend support to those in difficult times."