Gyeonggi Province Approves Hwaseong's 2040 Master Urban Plan...Targeting Population of 1.54 Million

[Suwon Ilbo=Kim Gapdong·Park Chanhyuk reporters] Gyeonggi Province finalized approval on the 24th of the "2040 Hwaseong Master Urban Plan" submitted by Hwaseong Special City.

Hwaseong's master urban plan is the top-tier plan that presents the future and long-term development direction of Hwaseong City and contains spatial policies and future strategies for sustainable territorial management.

The target planned population for Hwaseong City in 2040 was set at 1.54 million (currently approximately 1.04 million), taking into account the population projections from Statistics Korea and the population to be attracted through various development projects such as public housing districts and station-area development projects.

The land use plan designates 46.85㎢ of developable land as planned urbanization land in preparation for future urban development within Hwaseong City's total administrative area (1,126.32㎢), confirms the existing developed area of 102.19㎢ as urbanized land, and designates the remaining 977.28㎢ as conservation land.

Hwaseong City's spatial structure is planned around 2 major centers, 4 secondary centers, and 9 regional cores, taking into account changes in hub locations and balanced development based on new development projects and the metropolitan transit network such as GTX.

Living zones are planned as 4 regions: Dongtan, Eastern, Central, and Western. Development strategies are: △Dongtan living zone establishes a new industrial ecosystem and lays the foundation for an eco-friendly ecological city △Eastern living zone promotes downtown redevelopment and fosters tourism through the creation of metropolitan interchange hubs △Central living zone builds industry-academia-research networks and establishes green tourism belts △Western living zone builds clusters linking new growth industries such as automobiles and biotechnology and fosters marine tourism.

Notably, each region has set specialized development directions: △an industrial-economic city leading the fourth industrial revolution △a human-centered growth city △a nature-friendly residential city centered on education △a convergence and innovation city.

Mayor Jung Myung-geun of Hwaseong said, "Through the finalized 2040 Hwaseong Master Urban Plan, it is expected to serve as an opportunity to establish the foundation for Hwaseong City to grow beyond special city status into a hub city of southern Gyeonggi."

The 2040 Hwaseong Master Urban Plan approved this time is scheduled to be made public on the Hwaseong City website in December. After announcement, it will be available for review for 30 days through the city hall website and by visiting the City Hall Urban Policy Division.