Yongin Establishes '2040 Yongin City Master Plan' Aligned with Semiconductor-Centered City Strategy

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Yongin Special City is establishing the '2040 Yongin City Master Plan' that incorporates a semiconductor-centered city strategy to proactively respond to the changing conditions of the city following the previous '2035 Yongin City Master Plan.'

On the 7th, the city held the '2040 Yongin City Master Plan Project Kickoff Report' with city officials in attendance to sketch out the urban blueprint for realizing the Yongin Renaissance.

The city plans to newly prepare urban plans that include the Yongin Advanced System Semiconductor National Industrial Complex in the Idong and Namsa-eup areas, designation of the Yongin Idong public housing complex as a supporting new town, and approval of the Wonsam-myeon Yongin Semiconductor Cluster General Industrial Complex plan.

Particularly, through major urban indicators reflecting changed circumstances, expansion of regional urban infrastructure, and spatial strategies, the city plans to present its future vision and long-term development direction.

The existing 2035 Yongin City Master Plan was approved in 2018, and was designed with a dual-center urban spatial structure with the Suji and Giheung living zone as the economic center and the Choin central zone as the administrative center. It does not reflect the designation of national industrial complexes.

The city plans to gather opinions from citizen planning groups, hold public hearings, solicit opinions from the city council and the city urban planning committee, and submit an approval request to Gyeonggi Province in December.

Yongin Mayor Lee Sang-il stated, "The city is at an important time with significant environmental changes, including the announcement of plans for the System Semiconductor National Industrial Complex with six semiconductor fab production lines and a public housing complex accommodating 16,000 households, and must expand transportation infrastructure such as various regional railways and main roads as a hub city in the semiconductor mega cluster," urging "departments to communicate and cooperate organically to prepare the 2040 Yongin City Master Plan that directly affects the city's future and to accelerate the process."