Ansan Jangsang District Designated for 14,000 Housing Units... Project Accelerates

Status of Designated Districts for 300,000 Housing Units in the Metropolitan Area (Photo by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 3rd that the Jangsang District in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province (14,000 housing units) has been designated as a public housing district and will be officially notified on the 4th. With this, the designation of districts for 210,000 housing units out of the government's plan to supply 300,000 housing units in the metropolitan area has been completed.

The Jangsang District will involve the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), Gyeonggi Urban Innovation Corporation, and Ansan Urban Corporation as project implementers. It is planned to be developed into a city with convenient transportation through the new Sinansan Line station.

The new Sinansan Line station will have a transfer facility on the first floor above ground and a transfer parking lot on the second basement floor. The goal is to open in 2024. Various facilities such as retail, accommodation, and conventions will be added to make it the representative gateway of the Jangsang District.

In the Jangsang District, parks and green spaces will be arranged around rivers such as Ansancheon to connect the Surisan green axis within the district. The area above the KTX tracks within the district will be developed into a resident-participation linear park to create an eco-friendly ecological city.

Historical theme streets reflecting the local history, such as Ansan Eupseong and Ansan Guesthouse, will be created to serve as spaces where people, culture, and arts communicate.

With this district designation, 210,000 housing units out of the 300,000 housing units planned for the metropolitan area have been designated. In particular, four out of five new towns have completed district designation. Areas such as Bucheon Daejang (20,000 housing units) plan to proceed with district designation after review by the Central Urban Planning Committee in the first half of this year.

Namyangju Wangsuk, Hanam Gyosan, and Incheon Gyeyang will prepare district plans within the year, and Goyang Changneung, designated on March 6, will hold an international invited design competition for the basic urban concept in the first half of the year.

Among the designated districts, those with fast project progress and excellent locations will begin recruiting residents from the end of next year.

Kim Gyuchul, Director of the Public Housing Promotion Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "We will proceed with speed by completing the designation of the remaining districts within the first half of the year," adding, "We will continuously communicate with the original residents to ensure they receive fair compensation and support for resettlement."

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