Gyeonggi Province, Ministry of Land, 5 Cities, and LH Announce Selection Plan for Leading Districts in Aging Planned Cities

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Gap-dong] Gyeonggi Province, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Seongnam City, Goyang City, Anyang City, Gunpo City, and Bucheon City have selected 26,000 units as the volume for 'leading districts,' which will be the first apartment complexes in first-generation new towns to undergo redevelopment.

The total of 26,000 units represents approximately 10% of the approximately 260,000 units across all first-generation new towns. The volume by city is 8,000 units in Bundang, 6,000 units in Ilsan, and 4,000 units each in Pyeongchon, Junghwa, and Sanbon. The specific complexes to be developed will be finalized in November through municipal recruitment in June.

On the 22nd, the Province attended the 'Government Complex Seoul—Gyeonggi Province—First-Generation New Towns—LH Heads of Organizations Meeting' at Government Complex Seoul, where it discussed measures to improve residential conditions in aging planned cities, including first-generation new towns, and the selection of leading districts.

Those in attendance included Oh Byung-gwon, First Vice Governor of Gyeonggi Province; Park Sang-woo, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; Lee Han-jun, President of Korea Land and Housing Corporation; and the heads of the first-generation new towns municipalities: Shin Sang-jin, Mayor of Seongnam; Lee Dong-hwan, Mayor of Goyang; Choi Dae-ho, Mayor of Anyang; Ha Eun-ho, Mayor of Gunpo; and Song Jae-hwan, Vice Mayor of Bucheon (attending by proxy).

A 'leading district' is a location where redevelopment projects in aging planned cities will be conducted first, in accordance with the 'Special Act on Maintenance and Support for Aging Planned Cities,' enacted in December of last year.

The subsequent schedule for designation of specific districts is as follows: announcement and notice of recruitment guidelines on June 25, submission of proposals for leading district selection in September, evaluation and consultation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in October, and selection in November. Selection of leading districts will be determined by each municipality based on criteria that reflect local conditions for each first-generation new town, including the rate of resident consent, the urgency of improving residential environments, and the ripple effects of promoting maintenance projects.

First Vice Governor Oh Byung-gwon said, "Despite challenging circumstances including increased construction costs and crisis in the construction market, we will spare no effort in providing administrative and financial support for the smooth implementation of redevelopment projects in first-generation new towns," and added, "Starting with the leading districts maintenance projects, we hope that through the maintenance of aging planned cities, opportunities will be established to create spaces for life reconstruction that encompasses residents' lives, and to establish new paradigms for cities including the introduction of RE100."