Yongin City to Build Taxi Welfare Center... 1.6 Billion Won Invested

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is building a 'Taxi Welfare Center.'

On the 16th, Yongin City announced that construction of the Taxi Welfare Center began at 491-7 Yubang-dong, Cheoin-gu, with a target completion date of February next year.

The Taxi Welfare Center will be a four-story above-ground building with a pilotis structure and a total floor area of 526㎡, equipped with a lounge, sleeping rooms, shower rooms, training rooms, meeting rooms, and a meter inspection corner.

The project cost totals 1.66 billion KRW, including 750 million KRW from the provincial government and 910 million KRW from the city government.

Due to a lack of parking spaces and accessibility issues, the shared property review was rejected three times, but the city increased the number of parking spaces to 29 and started the detailed design service in November last year.

Baek Gun-gi, Mayor of Yongin City, stated, "I hope the Taxi Welfare Center will improve the working conditions of taxi drivers and become a space for communication where workers can unite."

The city plans to provide 2,170 taxi drivers, who have been struggling due to a decrease in passengers caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, with emergency living stabilization funds of 600,000 KRW per person starting from the 23rd.

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