Yongin City Resolves Access Road Issues for Samga 2 District Private Rental Housing...Will Move-in Take Place?

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] Yongin Special City is expected to resolve the access road issue for the Samga 2 District public-supported private rental housing in Cheoin-gu, Yongin, enabling move-in to take place.

This apartment complex has experienced delayed move-in for over two years after completion due to friction with a nearby cooperative, preventing the establishment of an access road.

According to Yongin Special City on the 23rd, an alternative road will be opened within the adjacent Yeokbuk 2 Neighborhood Park for temporary use, and subsequently, the costs for park development will be borne by the private rental housing developer.

The Samga 2 District project involves supplying 1,950 units of corporate rental housing (Newstay) constructed with housing and urban development funds and private capital. The project operator is Dongnam Hyundai Kite, a special purpose company (SPC), and Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd. undertook construction, completing the apartment in February 2021.

The original access road for Samga 2 District was planned to pass through land within the adjacent Yeoksam Urban Development Project, but the access road could not be opened due to conflict with the Yeoksam Cooperative.

Yongin City began mediation from January 2022, but consultations with the Yeoksam Cooperative repeatedly fell through.

Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin Special City personally visited the site in his capacity as mayor-elect in June of last year to understand the situation, and after taking office in July of the same year, moved actively to find a solution.

Resolving the access road issue was also a campaign promise of the mayor.

The mayor held consultations with department heads from the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission last year, and city officials discussed the alternative road opening and other issues multiple times with the project operator.

In March, the city established a task force team headed by the second deputy mayor, with six departments including the Urban Policy Division and Road Management Division participating in reviewing overall plans for urban management plan changes and alternative road construction.

Subsequently, the city held a municipal coordination committee meeting recently and decided to open the access road for the Samga 2 District public-supported private rental housing within the adjacent park.

Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin Special City said, "The Samga 2 District apartment is public housing constructed with public funds from the housing and urban development fund to stabilize real estate prices and resolve housing shortages for low-income residents without housing. I have focused on finding solutions to open access roads for those hoping to move in there," and added, "We will soon open the access road so that apartment move-in can take place."