Yongin City Selects Outstanding Proactive Administrative Cases for First Half of 2025 to Enhance Citizen Happiness

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Yongin Special Charter City announced on the 28th that it has selected a case resolving the location selection issue for a new municipal waste incinerator as the most outstanding proactive administration, having reviewed proactive administrative measures implemented to improve citizens' quality of life and enhance safety.

The city held the '2025 First Proactive Administration Committee' on the 26th at the City Hall video conference room and reviewed 7 cases cited as outstanding proactive administration examples for the 'first half of 2025,' selecting 3 outstanding grades, and 2 commendable and 2 effort grades respectively.

As a result of the review, 'Incinerators Are No Longer Nuisance Facilities,' which addressed negative perceptions of municipal waste incinerators and resolved difficulties in selecting a location for a new incinerator, was selected as the most outstanding proactive administration.

This proactive administration case received high evaluations for conveying accurate information about incinerators during the candidate site selection process for the 'Yongin Green Ecopark (tentative name)' resource recovery facility promoted by the city, and for actively communicating with local residents about the necessity of municipal waste incinerators to build consensus.

The city has processed municipal waste at a maximum of 300 tons per day at the Yongin Environmental Center in Geumeo-ri, Pogok-eup, Cheoein-gu, and 70 tons per day at the Suji Environmental Center in Pungdeokcheon-dong, Suji-gu, but faced a situation requiring expansion of municipal waste treatment facilities due to aging facilities and the city's rapid urban expansion.

The city anticipated the need to process an average of 720 tons of waste per day by 2030 and proceeded with expanding new municipal waste treatment facilities; however, it faced difficulties in selecting candidate sites due to negative public opinion.

In response, the city's Resources Circulation and Facilities Management Team held communication sessions for local residents and made efforts to resolve negative perceptions through advanced facility tours and case presentations. As a result, the city achieved success in securing a location for a new municipal waste treatment facility in Deokseong-ri, Idong-eup, Cheoein-gu, in December of last year.

For the establishment of 'Green Ecopark,' a new municipal waste treatment facility, the city plans to strictly manage environmental substances such as dioxin generated during incineration, invest 50 billion won to build multi-purpose cultural and sports facilities, an observation tower, a water play area, a swimming pool, and exhibition halls, and to construct water and sewage facilities and road infrastructure to enhance citizen convenience.

'Securing Golden Hours for Citizens' Lives through Construction of the Metropolitan Emergency Vehicle Priority Signal System,' which extends the road priority signal system that can reduce the time for transporting emergency patients to large hospitals to other cities in Gyeonggi Province, was also selected as an outstanding proactive administration grade.

This project expanded the emergency vehicle priority signal system operating only within the Yongin area to surrounding cities. As a result of applying the priority signal system, the travel time from Kangnam Hospital in Yongin to Ajou University Hospital in Suwon was reduced from 16 minutes and 13 seconds to 7 minutes and 20 seconds, approximately 8 minutes and 53 seconds, securing the golden hour and receiving praise as proactive administration that can save precious lives.

Institutional improvements for leaping forward as a global semiconductor industry hub also received an outstanding grade in proactive administration.

'Improving Permit Procedures for Timely Operation of Semiconductor Production Lines,' which received an outstanding grade evaluation in the review, was cited as an administrative case that efficiently improved building permit systems for the 'Yongin Semiconductor Cluster General Industrial Complex' where SK Hynix is investing 122 trillion won in Wonsam-myeon, Cheoein-gu.

The city, to ensure timely operation of production lines (Fab) at the 'Yongin Semiconductor Cluster General Industrial Complex,' modified procedures so that when building plans for individual lots differ from industrial complex plans, the development plan can be changed after conditional permit processing for building permits instead of requiring advance plan changes.

Through this, it is expected that the permit and approval period for industrial complex development plan changes can be reduced by approximately 1 to 3 months.

Additionally, 'Another Achievement in Yongin's Development: Resolution of Double-Overlapping Regulations by Releasing 1.13 Million Pyeong of Waterfront Area in Pogok, Mohyeon, and Yurim,' which released approximately 1.13 million pyeong of waterfront area along Gyeongan Stream in Pogok-eup, Mohyeon-eup, and Yurim-dong, Cheoein-gu, which were subject to double-overlapping regulations of military facility protection zones and waterfront zones, was selected as commendable grade.

Furthermore, 'End Everything at Once: Resolve Taxes Smartly via Kakao Talk,' which allows citizens to easily check local tax and non-tax income delinquency notices, refunds, and disabled vehicle parking violation fines that had previously been sent via postal paper notices through Kakao Talk, also received a commendable grade.

The effort grades were awarded to 'First in the Nation: Removing Disposal Stickers for Old Appliances—Yongin City Disposes of Old Appliances Free of Charge!' and 'Smart Travel with One Ticket: Yongin Tour Pass.'

Mayor Lee Sang-il stated, "In Yongin, which is developing brilliantly with a mega-scale semiconductor industry project, we were able to achieve good results by requesting proactive administration that can quickly resolve problems in daily life so that all citizens living in Yongin can lead happy lives," and added, "We will pay close attention and provide support so that the 7 outstanding proactive administration cases can take root as sustainable policies."

Mayor Lee said, "We are making many efforts to create opportunities for active communication to not overlook even minor issues and improve them, and to establish new policies," and stated, "We will actively reflect citizens' opinions and continue in-depth research to establish excellent policies for the citizens."