Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju to Open Public Parking Lot Free of Charge at Sinchang-dong Transmission Tower Site

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Dong-han] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Sam-ho) announced on the 13th that it will open a temporary public parking lot with 100 spaces free of charge on the site of the KBS 3 Radio transmission tower in Sinchang-dong.

The land owned by the Korean Broadcasting System had been left idle since the radio transmission tower was dismantled in November 2017.

The area around the site is densely populated with apartment complexes, commercial buildings, and one-room apartments, making it a place where complaints about parking difficulties from residents have been continuous.

Accordingly, the residents of Sinchang-dong held the "1st Residents' General Assembly" on October 15 last year and selected the creation of a parking lot as a village agenda, and the district worked together to resolve this community wish.

In the process, they secured a free-use contract for the site of the dismantled radio transmission tower with the Korean Broadcasting System and invested 20 million won in project costs to create the temporary public parking lot.

A Gwangsan-gu official said, "This parking lot creation is a model case of solving neighborhood problems through resident participation," adding, "It is expected not only to alleviate the village's parking difficulties but also to provide parking convenience to users of nearby commercial establishments, contributing to the revitalization of the local economy."

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