Pyeongtaek City Selected for Three Consecutive Years for Ministry of Land Infrastructure's Urban Regeneration New Deal Project Competition

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 22nd that the Jeomchon area in Seojeong-dong and the area around Seojeong Station have been selected in the Ministry of Land Infrastructure's '2020 Urban Regeneration New Deal Project Competition.'

With this, the city has been selected for the urban regeneration competition project for three consecutive years.

In 2018, the Anjung area received 15 billion won, in 2019, the Sinpyeong area received 25 billion won, the Sinjang area received 18.6 billion won, Seojeong-dong Saettul Village received 5.4 billion won, in 2020, Sinjang-dong Our Neighborhood Revitalization received 6.7 billion won, and the Anjung area received 240 million won (pilot project). Including the current Seojeong Jeomchon area of 9.3 billion won and Seojeong-ro 55-beon-gil of 270 million won (pilot project), the city has secured a total of 80.5 billion won.

The Jeomchon area was developed through the Songtan-Seojeong residential development project in the 1980s and has very poor basic living infrastructure facilities.

The city plans to substantially expand parking spaces by utilizing the Seojeong Public Parking Lot site and create cultural and welfare spaces targeting various groups including children, youth, and the elderly within Seojeong-dong through the establishment of a multi-functional hub facility.

Additionally, the Seojeong-ri Station-ro 55-beon-gil urban regeneration pilot project is composed of street environment improvement projects and software projects such as art concerts.

Pyeongtaek City Mayor Jung Jang-seon stated, "I applaud the efforts of the Urban Regeneration Resident Advisory Committee and related public officials who worked together to achieve the accomplishment of being selected for a large-scale national competition project for three consecutive years," and added, "We will make every effort in implementing the project so that vitality can be restored to the region."