Seoul City to Hold Online Public Hearing on 'Urban Regeneration Strategic Plan Amendment' on the 18th

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 17th that it will hold an online public hearing on the 18th to amend the "Urban Regeneration Strategic Plan," the highest-level statutory plan in the field of urban regeneration established by metropolitan cities and provinces under the "Special Act on the Promotion and Support of Urban Regeneration." This is to reflect the designation of new urban regeneration activation areas and changes to existing areas.

The main contents include confirming eight newly selected urban regeneration activation areas in the second half of last year, reflecting two national leading areas in the strategic plan, and partially changing the types and areas of existing activation areas to facilitate the smooth promotion of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Urban Regeneration New Deal contest.

This public hearing will be conducted via live online streaming as part of social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The offline venue, considering citizen safety in accordance with Article 38-2 of the Administrative Procedures Act, will be set up at "Yongsan Electronics Market" within the Yongsan Electronics Market Urban Regeneration Activation Area.

The online public hearing will be held live on the Seoul Metropolitan Government's official YouTube channel from 10 a.m. on the 18th. Citizens can watch the hearing and provide their opinions through the chat comments. After the hearing, the city plans to post the presentation materials on the Seoul Urban Regeneration Portal and collect citizens' opinions online over a sufficient period.

Meanwhile, the new urban regeneration activation areas to be reflected in the strategic plan through this public hearing include a total of 10 locations: six central city-type areas, two general neighborhood-type areas, and two national leading areas. The central city-type areas are ▲Bukchon Gahoe District ▲Hongje Station area ▲Hyochang Park area ▲Guui Station area ▲Pungnap Fortress area ▲Myeonmok Fashion Special Zone. These areas, which are declining industrial, commercial, and historical-cultural specialized areas, were newly selected as central city-type urban regeneration activation areas in November last year through a candidate governance establishment project.

The general neighborhood-type areas are ▲Gonghang-dong in Gangseo-gu and ▲Cheongunhyoja Sajik-dong west of Gyeongbokgung Palace. These areas were selected as urban regeneration activation areas last year through screening among aging residential areas where hope site projects were conducted from 2018 to 2019. The economically based Hongneung area and the general neighborhood-type Mok 3-dong were designated as national leading areas by the central government, and activation plans have been established. These will be additionally reflected in this strategic plan.

Regarding existing areas, a total of 11 boundary changes will be made, including three minor cadastral error corrections, reflecting opinions collected during the establishment process of individual activation plans such as resident opinion hearings and urban regeneration committee reviews.

After the public hearing, the city plans to amend the strategic plan through the Seoul Metropolitan Council's opinion hearing next month, consultations with related organizations, and urban regeneration committee reviews, and to promote the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Urban Regeneration New Deal metropolitan contest in the second half of the year.

Baek Woon-seok, Director of the Regeneration Policy Division of Seoul City, said, "We are holding an online public hearing to broadly collect opinions from citizens and experts on the amendment of the strategic plan, which forms the foundation of Seoul's urban regeneration." He added, "We will promptly amend the strategic plan to ensure the smooth progress of ongoing urban regeneration projects, and in the second half of the year, based on the achievements and monitoring results of urban regeneration over the past eight years, we will discover future urban regeneration issues and reflect them in the revision of the strategic plan."

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