Underdeveloped West Suwon Area Development Reaches Consensus

※ City Council Election

● Suwon City Council District M
'Residential Environment Improvement · Expansion of Cultural and Welfare Facilities' Consensus

Suwon City Council's District M is identified as the area with the smallest population within Gwonseon-gu due to redevelopment projects.

All three candidates running in this district agree that they must improve the residential environment in Seryou-dong, increase cultural and welfare spaces, and prepare for security issues arising from redevelopment. Additionally, they are actively advocating for the decommissioning of emergency runways to minimize damage from the airfield.

Among the candidates' pledges, Han Gi-min, the Grand National Party candidate, emphasized establishing a public library in Seryou-dong and enacting ordinances to provide support for community center operation costs and heating expenses. He also promised to expedite the completion of the Suwon Station-Ori Bundang Line and undertake reconstruction of deteriorated bridges to prevent flooding on the Suwon Stream.

Kim Young-dae, also a Grand National Party candidate, presented plans to expand childcare facilities, while Jo Myung-ja, the Democratic Party candidate, pledged to expand free school meals and free childcare.

● Suwon City Council District B
Specialized Development of Gwonseon Furniture Street · Gokson Agricultural and Fishery Market

A total of five candidates are competing in District B. These candidates are running with party-differentiated pledges.

Examining the candidates' pledges, Grand National Party candidates Lee Jae-sik and Kim Gang-seok focused on welfare, expressing their intention to expand support for the elderly and youth.

Democratic Party candidate Moon Byung-geun raised attracting resident convenience facilities, specializing Gwonseon Furniture Street, and preparing alternatives for the Gokson-dong agricultural and fishery wholesale market. He also expressed confidence in promoting the construction of an Eori Cultural Center and prioritizing securing budgets for free school meals.

Pro-Park Alliance candidate Moon Jun-il shared views with Moon Byung-geun regarding agricultural and fishery wholesale market and furniture street specialization plans and childcare center construction, while emphasizing expansion of bus routes within the district.

Independent candidate Hong Han-soo presented pledges centered on Gwonseon Hyundai Apartments. He announced plans to install street lights, speed bumps, and taxi stops around the apartment complex and create walking paths.

● Suwon City Council District C
"Develop Hwangguji Stream as a Citizen Rest Area · Natural Learning Space"

All five candidates running in District C pledged to improve the residential environment of underdeveloped West Suwon compared to other areas and work for regional development by creating ecological parks. However, specific alternatives for regional development varied by candidate.

Park Jang-won, the Grand National Party candidate, pledged to pursue road development projects in West Suwon, address residents' damage from Suwon Airfield, and promote underground relocation of sanitation facilities and food waste recycling facilities.

Meanwhile, Kim Kyung-sook, also from the same party, emphasized implementing soft and meticulous community politics through the perspective of housewives. To this end, Kim promised to do her best to attract various convenience facilities and establish quality educational facilities.

Democratic Party candidate Jeon Yong-doo, who emphasized eco-friendliness, pledged to renovate Hwangguji Stream into an eco-friendly ecological stream, developing it as a natural learning site and citizen rest area, and creating a happy West Suwon where education, culture, and welfare harmonize.
Democratic Labor Party candidate Yun Kyung-seon, selected as the sole unified candidate of the opposition parties, promised to realize eco-friendly free school meals, establish two toy libraries for children, and establish a workforce support center linked with industrial complexes.

Independent candidate Kim Il-soo proposed a "33-pyeong apartment 400 million won project," claiming to make West Suwon a transportation hub of Gyeonggi Province.

● Suwon City Council District D
'Municipal Postpartum Care Center · Infant Care Workers' Focused on Welfare

Among the issues in District D, which harmonizes urban and rural areas, the most notable aspect was enhancing property rights through redevelopment and reconstruction. Additionally, all five candidates throwing their hats in the ring agree to prepare damage countermeasures for airfield noise as in the Seryou-dong area and strengthen public safety.

Beyond common pledges, Grand National Party candidate Kim Hyo-bae expressed confidence in establishing 'infant care worker services' within the West Suwon Childcare Center and remodeling aging senior centers into comfortable rest areas.

Kim's party colleague Yu Jae-kwang, while emphasizing "serving the common people as their servant and treating residents as masters," announced plans to actively realize eco-friendly free school meals and push for establishing a middle school in Ipbuk-dong. He also proposed supporting instructor fees to activate after-school classes and establish a municipal postpartum care center.

Democratic Party candidate Kim Jin-woo pledged to create balanced development combining growth and equity, including measures to support free school meals, job creation in West Suwon, and improved resident convenience through new bus routes.

Progressive Justice Party candidate Son Kyung-ran designated full implementation of free school meals as the top priority and pledged to work hard to improve the 'quality of life' in District D, where welfare facilities are critically lacking.

Independent candidate Lee Jong-pil promised to conclude the compensation judgment for Suwon Airfield noise damage with his election victory, while emphasizing the installation of a rear entrance at Suwon Station and plaza development plans, as well as budgeting for free school meals for elementary and middle schools.

※ Provincial Assembly Election

● Suwon District 3
Beautiful Signage Street - Small Business Owner Support Ordinance

The slogan presented by Grand National Party candidate Yeom Gyu-yong is "Politics Toward People." Based on diverse experience, Yeom pledged politics infused with emotion and legislative activities for residents. In contrast, Democratic Party candidate Kim Sang-hoe presented himself as a "prepared policy expert" to realize values. The pledges of the two candidates largely divide into cultural, welfare, and education sectors and residential environment sector.

Yeom emphasized enhancing property rights for residents in Seryou, Gwonseon, and Gokson-dong and improving living convenience environments. He also announced plans to pursue beautiful signage streets and renovate distinctive neighborhood parks to improve "quality of life." Additionally, he promised to encourage various filial piety events to revive Suwon's identity of "Filial Piety" and actively operate after-school love rooms and study halls.

Kim announced plans to promote eco-friendly free school meals and expand free childcare support, and pursue regulations on large supermarkets (SSM) and small business owner support ordinances. He also expressed plans to develop a "waterfront park" around the Woncheon Stream area in Gokson-dong.

● Suwon District 4
'Creating a Livable West Suwon' Common Ground

West Suwon is a region with as many challenges as it is vibrant in movements for regional development. The three provincial assembly candidates running in this area are burdened with the significant responsibility of developing West Suwon no less than other regions over the next four years. Perhaps for this reason, all three candidates are loudly advocating for regional development.

Grand National Party candidate Han Beom-hee emphasized making West Suwon full of "vitality." He announced providing quality residential environments through early opening of the Shin Bundang Line and installation of Guun Station, construction of public parking lots, and promoting reconstruction. Additionally, he pledged to open a future overflowing with "happiness" through eco-friendly free school meals, resident culture and welfare, and improvements in living and educational environments.

Democratic Party candidate Park Dong-hyun raised "politics that sets the region right to set the center right" as his slogan and expressed confidence in realizing government-run kindergarten attraction, free school meals, reduction of private education burden, expansion of childcare facilities, securing wireless internet zones, and traffic environment improvements.

Meanwhile, independent candidate Cha Hee-sang, emerging as the biggest variable in this election, based his candidacy on legislative activities conducted for the region so far, stating "there are more things to be done in the future than things done so far," and promised to directly resolve residents' long-held demands including developing Hwangguji Stream into an ecological stream, creating youth plazas, and securing public parking lots.