Pyeongtaek City Opens Public Recruitment for Comprehensive Burial Facility Site...Selection in February Next Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Lee Su-won Reporter] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 25th that it will conduct a public recruitment of candidate sites for the construction of a public comprehensive burial facility.

The public comprehensive burial facility to be built by the city will be constructed on a 200,000㎡ site and will be a park-style integrated comprehensive burial facility that combines burial facilities including crematory facilities, memorial halls, natural burial grounds, scattering gardens, and funeral halls, along with parks, leisure facilities, and cultural facilities. The site will be selected through public recruitment.

The application period for the public recruitment is from September 30 to November 28. Villages wishing to host the facility should establish a recruitment committee through a village general assembly and submit an application to the City Hall's Elderly and Disabled Welfare Team with approval from 60% or more of households registered as residents as of the announcement date.

The hosting region where the comprehensive burial facility will be located will receive resident support projects up to 5 billion won and will be granted operating rights for auxiliary facilities such as restaurants, convenience stores, and cafes, and job opportunities will also be provided.

Adjacent areas within 1㎞ from the boundary of the comprehensive burial facility site will receive 10 billion won in resident support projects, and the myeon/eup/dong district to which the hosting region belongs will receive 5 billion won in district development projects. For regions that withdraw their applications after submission, the city plans to provide 300 million won in village development projects as a gesture of consolation and harmony.

The final candidate site will be selected in February next year through document review, on-site inspection, location feasibility study, and deliberation by the Pyeongtaek City Comprehensive Burial Facility Construction Promotion Committee for the submitted hosting sites.