Uiwang Holds Final Report Meeting for Second Uiwang Technopark Project

[Suwon Ilbo=Correspondent Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City held a final report meeting on site selection and basic planning for the Second Uiwang Technopark project on the 21st at City Hall.

The meeting was conducted with 17 attendees including Mayor Kim Sang-don, City Councilor Kim Hak-ki, advisory committee members, and relevant municipal officials. Attendees heard explanations of the project results from the consulting firm and received opinions from related experts on land use plans and project feasibility studies.

The main content includes final site selection in the Poil-dong area near the Seoul Detention Center and plans to develop a high-tech industrial complex of approximately 80,000 pyeong.

The Second Uiwang Technopark will be a high-tech industrial complex featuring industrial facilities, mixed-use sites, and support facility areas, and is planned to become a new innovation hub along the Capital Region Grand R&D; Belt corridor connecting Gwacheon Knowledge Information Town, Pangyo Techno Valley, and Gwanggyo Techno Valley.

The city expects Uiwang to make a significant leap forward as a true high-tech self-sufficient city through corporate recruitment and job creation.

Since the city is in an overly congested area under the Metropolitan Regulation Plan and new industrial zone designations are not permitted, the city faces difficulties in promoting the entire area as an industrial complex. Therefore, the plan is to designate the entire area as an urban development zone while pursuing duplicate industrial complex designations within the range of available industrial zone alternatives.

Additionally, regarding the project implementation method, the city is considering public-private partnership (SPC) or public participation development approaches rather than direct development led by the city, taking municipal finances into consideration.

Mayor Kim Sang-don stated, "Establishing demand-oriented differentiated industrial complex plans from the planning stage will be the key to project success," and added, "We hope to make utmost efforts in investment attraction activities through convenient transportation, excellent location, and support benefits for resident companies."

Following the completion of the Second Uiwang Technopark site selection and basic planning project, the city plans to immediately begin procedures to restrict development activities to establish rational urban management plans for the target area.

As complex permits and approval procedures such as lifting of development restriction zones remain ahead, the city plans to form a dedicated organization to provide support.