Yongin City Opens Temporary Public Parking Lot in Parking-Starved Singal-dong Residential Area

[Suwon Ilbo=Choi Ki-ho Reporter] Yongin Special City announced on the 20th that it is opening a temporary public parking lot with 76 spaces by restoring neglected water works land and river basin land in the area surrounding 388-624 Singal-dong, Giheung-gu.

This initiative follows an agreement signed last year between the city and the Korea Water Resources Corporation Gyeonggi Dongnam-gwon Regional Office for the "Yongin Singal-dong Water Works Land Residential and Parking Environment Improvement Project."

The area, densely packed with multi-family residential buildings, has faced large safety risks due to illegal roadside parking stemming from parking space shortages, as well as continuous problems including illegal cultivation and illegal dumping of garbage on state and public lands where water transmission pipes are buried. These issues have resulted in steady complaints from residents.

In accordance with the agreement, the city invested 240 million won in municipal funds on 2,032 square meters of land provided free of charge by the Korea Water Resources Corporation to create a temporary public parking lot capable of accommodating a total of 76 vehicles. Construction began in November of last year and was completed this month.

A city official stated, "Typically, creating a parking lot requires substantial costs and considerable time for land compensation, but thanks to cooperation with the Korea Water Resources Corporation, we were able to reduce costs such as land acquisition expenses and rapidly establish the temporary public parking lot. Going forward, we will continue to discover state and public lands to improve residents' living environments and enhance parking convenience," the official said.