Yongin City Establishes Cargo Truck-Only Parking Lots at 14 Locations... Capacity of 500 Vehicles

Yongin Bojeong-dong Freight Parking Lot Panorama

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will create cargo parking lots with a capacity of 500 vehicles at 14 locations this year, including Citizen Sports Park, to solve problems such as numerous cargo trucks illegally parking near residential areas.

This measure comes in response to small-scale transportation workers who have not secured garages parking their cargo trucks overnight near residential areas, causing traffic accidents and inconvenience to residents.

Yongin City plans to create cargo truck-only parking lots throughout the city to encourage transportation workers to park in these lots and subsequently eradicate illegal parking that causes inconvenience to residents.

Priority will be given to utilizing public-private facilities such as the outdoor parking lot at Citizen Sports Park, the outdoor parking lot at Yongin Pyeongon Forest, and parking lots affiliated with churches or universities. Additionally, parking spaces will be secured in accessible idle sites or leftover road areas.

In this regard, Myongji University, Dankook University, Suji Mokyang Church, and Yongin Jeil Church are sharing parking lots for local residents.

The city will provide parking lots at 10 locations, including Citizen Sports Park and Yongin Pyeongon Forest, starting this month, and the remaining four parking lots will be opened sequentially from next month through the end of the year.

The city will accept first-come, first-served applications every three months for the shared parking lots at local facilities and idle land parking lots secured this time, selecting one user per parking space. Selected transportation workers can use the parking lots free of charge for three months.

Any cargo transportation worker can apply to use the parking lots by contacting Yongin City Public Transportation Division at 031-324-2612.

Mayor Baek Gun-gi of Yongin said, "We decided to create dedicated parking lots to help small-scale cargo transportation workers who have no choice but to park illegally because they cannot secure parking near their residences and to prevent traffic accidents and citizen inconvenience caused by illegal parking." He emphasized, "We will make multifaceted efforts to improve citizens' quality of life and resolve the difficulties of small-scale transportation workers."

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