Suwon Holds Briefing Session for Residents of Redevelopment and Reconstruction Project Candidate Sites

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] On the 6th, Suwon Metropolitan City held a briefing session at the Grand Conference Hall of the Suwon Business Support Center for residents of 30 zones selected as candidates for redevelopment and reconstruction projects, and explained the procedures and other details of the projects.

Over 500 residents filled the conference hall where the briefing was held, demonstrating keen interest.

The city solicited redevelopment and reconstruction candidates from September 25 last year through April 30 this year, and selected 30 zones as candidates on October 17 after reviewing the appropriateness of legal zone designation requirements, exclusion eligibility, and consent rates. There are 20 redevelopment candidate sites and 10 reconstruction candidate sites. Three sites were conditionally selected as 'resident-proposed' zones.

At the briefing, the city explained the background of the candidate site recruitment, and provided detailed explanations on the project promotion procedures following designation of maintenance districts, amendments to the Urban Development Act, differences between general maintenance projects and trust company special methods, asset appraisal baseline dates and construction permits, step-by-step resident consent requirements, speculation prevention measures, transit-oriented complex development promotion projects, and small-scale housing maintenance projects.

A city official stated, "Redevelopment and reconstruction projects are essential to voluntary resident consent and participation," and added, "We will continuously promote the projects to residents in selected areas and explain the procedures to increase their understanding of the projects and secure resident trust."

The city has introduced a 'resident-proposed maintenance district method' in which residents lead redevelopment and reconstruction projects to reduce the new maintenance district designation period from 5-10 years to 2 years. Under the previous method where maintenance-scheduled districts were designated every 10 years, any citizen can now propose maintenance district designations every 2 years.