Kim Sung-je, Mayor of Uiwang City: "By 2030, Uiwang will stand as the Most Livable City in the Nation!"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Choong-young] Mayor Kim Sung-je of Uiwang City stated that "by 2030, we will work together with citizens so that Uiwang City stands as 'the most livable city in the nation.'"

He stated, "Most notably, long-awaited civic projects are being resolved one by one, and citizens' quality of life is being dramatically improved through various citizen convenience projects," citing as representative examples the groundbreaking of the 'Uiwang Cultural Arts Center,' which had been a 20-year aspiration for cultural and artistic professionals, and the realization of the 'Baekun Lake Elementary and Middle School Integration,' a long-standing resident wish in the Baekun Valley.

Additionally, through various citizen convenience projects, he highlighted major achievements in dramatically improving citizens' lives including △Uiwang Career and Academic Guidance Counseling Center △Expansion of Community Care Centers △Support for Postpartum Care Costs and Maternal Health Managers △Poil Forest Park Yellow Soil Walking Path △Uiwang Moomin Park Development △Free Bus Rides for Seniors program.

Mayor Kim then stated, "Based on our efforts and achievements so far, we will work to make Uiwang City the most livable city in the nation," and revealed major project implementation plans for the remainder of his term.

First, we will support five urban development projects being promoted by LH (Land and Housing Organization) (Gocheon, Chopyeong, Wolam, Cheonggyae 2, and Uiwang-Gunpo-Ansan 3rd New City) to proceed without delay, and will actively pursue new urban development projects including Omaegijigu and Wanggok Complex Town.

Furthermore, through the currently progressing Indeokwon-Dongtan Line, Wolgoet-Pangyo Line, and GTX-C Line, by 2029 a total of four subway lines will pass through Uiwang, transforming it into a genuine railway city in name and reality. We will actively pursue Uiwang's extension of the Wirye-Gwacheon Line to respond to new urban development demand from the 3rd New City and achieve urban integration.

We plan to create an industrial complex in Poil-dong to attract medical and bio industrial zones and develop it into a knowledge industry belt connecting Gwacheon and Pangyo. By the first half of 2025, we plan to open the 'Uiwang Industrial Promotion Center' to systematically support small and medium enterprises.

To advance toward the nation's top education excellence city, we will provide full support to school education expenses, and will open a Math Clinic Center in July to help students struggling with mathematics. We also plan to construct the Uiwang Future Education Center in Naeson-dong, targeting opening in 2026, to respond to the 4th Industrial Revolution and establish it as a key hub space for future education.

The 'barefoot walking path,' which is emerging as a new healing space for citizens, will be expanded to 14 locations throughout the city including the entrance to Baekun Mountain and Wangsong Lake Park, and based on our reputation as the safest city in the Republic of Korea, we continue to make efforts for citizens' safety.

Mayor Kim Sung-je stated, "The next two years will be a very important period determining the future of Uiwang City in 2030," and added "we will complete the projects currently underway without delay and achieve innovative development in various fields."