Yongin Designated as Excellent Institution in 2022 Korea Architectural Administration Evaluation by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin Special City announced on the 21st that it has been selected as the top-ranked excellent institution in the basic municipal government category of the 2022 Korea Architectural Administration Evaluation overseen by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and will receive the Minister's Award from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has been conducting this evaluation annually since 1999 on 243 metropolitan and basic municipal governments nationwide in accordance with the Building Act to examine the soundness of architectural administration.

The evaluation comprises 21 indicators across 5 categories: rationality of architectural administration procedures including review and permits, safety of construction and demolition, appropriateness of maintenance including regular inspections, efforts to improve architectural administration, and bonus/penalty points.

In this evaluation, the city scored perfect marks on 8 indicators including architectural permit processing time, local government effort cases, and performance of advance review of public building project plans, ranking 1st among 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province.

Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin Special City stated, "This selection as an excellent institution is the fruit of our utmost efforts to realize sound and transparent architectural administration," and added, "Going forward, we will dedicate ourselves even further to creating substantive architectural culture that citizens can trust."

The city was previously selected as an excellent institution in 2019 and 2020, receiving the Minister's Award from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.