11 Bus Public Garages to Be Built in Suwon, Homaesil and Other Areas

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 17th that it will invest a total of 1.234 trillion won through next year to resolve chronic parking shortages for city and intercity buses, creating 11 additional bus public garages.

Upon completion of these garages, the number of bus public garages in the province will increase from the current 8 to 19, and total parking capacity will expand to 3,385 vehicles.

The province plans to complete three locations by the end of this year: Pajang-dong in Suwon (1,105.9 square meters, 111 vehicles), Sosa-bon-dong in Bucheon (893.6 square meters, 38 vehicles), and Topyeong-dong in Guri (995.4 square meters, 198 vehicles).

Additionally, six sites—Homaesil-dong in Suwon (896.39 square meters, 90 vehicles), Gogang-dong in Bucheon (2,970 square meters, 240 vehicles), Neunggok-dong in Siheung (928.4 square meters, 27 vehicles), Dongtan New Town in Hwaseong (1,059.7 square meters, 60 vehicles), Daehwa-dong in Goyang (2,513.1 square meters, 120 vehicles), and Seoksu-dong in Anyang (2,321 square meters, 316 vehicles)—will undergo design, land acquisition, and management plan approval procedures before construction begins soon.

Additionally, two sites—Gokbanjeong-dong in Suwon (2,812.2 square meters, 254 vehicles) and Po-dong in Siheung (990 square meters, 37 vehicles)—will complete urban planning procedures and be finished by the end of next year.

The province will install vehicle maintenance, car washing, training, and welfare facilities at these garages and promote public transportation advancement through joint dispatching and transportation information exchange.

A provincial official stated, "To resolve chronic parking shortages for city and intercity buses and relocate bus garages—facilities that residents in urban areas view as nuisances—to the outskirts of cities, we are creating public bus garages that can be jointly used by multiple bus companies."

Approximately 11,000 buses—including city buses, intercity buses, and village buses—currently operate in the province, but the secured bus parking area (including public and private) accounts for only 54 percent of the required area (920,000 square meters), reaching only 500,000 square meters.