Yeongdeungpo Red-Light District Disappears... Redevelopment Project Kicks Off

The First Petition of Yeongdeungpo Newspaper under the 7th Civil Administration, Announcement of Yeongdeungpo Station Aging Vulnerable Facility Maintenance Plan... Expected to be the Final Touch for Revitalizing Yeongdeungpo Downtown Following Yeongjung-ro and Jjokbangchon Renovations... 30-Day Public Inspection from the 5th... Resident Briefing Scheduled on the 11th at Times Square CGV

Development planned area map according to the "Yeongdeungpo Downtown Station Area Urban Maintenance-type Redevelopment Maintenance Plan (Draft)" (Yeongdeungpo-dong 4-ga 431-6 area, 23,094㎡)

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Yeongdeungpo-gu (Mayor Chae Hyun-il) announced the ‘Yeongdeungpo Downtown Station Area Urban Maintenance-type Redevelopment Maintenance Plan (Draft)’ to renovate the aging vulnerable area around Yeongdeungpo Station (including the red-light district), which was the first petition of the 7th local government Yeongdeungpo Shinmungo.

This area is an aging vulnerable area contrasting with the developed surrounding areas such as Yeongdeungpo Station area and Times Square, and there have been many requests for maintenance from residents.

Accordingly, in 2010, it was designated as a Seoul City Urban Environment Maintenance Scheduled Area, and a maintenance plan was promoted to designate a maintenance area, but the maintenance area and maintenance plan decisions were canceled twice due to issues in preparing residential stability measures for the Gyeongin-ro southern shantytown, which was included in the same urban environment maintenance scheduled area at that time.

Since then, in 2018, following the Yeongdeungpo Shinmungo petition, the district formed a Task Force on Harmful Living Environment Businesses involving related departments, the police station, and the fire station.

Centered on this, comprehensive reviews were conducted on the environmental improvement and maintenance projects for aging vulnerable facilities around Yeongdeungpo Station and self-support measures. In January of this year, with the announcement of the shantytown development plan (public housing project), the maintenance plan for this area was actively reestablished.

This maintenance plan (draft) is planned as a redevelopment project with a total of 993 apartment units (including 132 rental units), 477 officetel units, mainly for residential, office, and retail facilities, with a maximum height of 150m, a base floor area ratio of 460%, and an allowable floor area ratio of 700%.

The district is currently conducting a 30-day public inspection for residents from the 5th of this month to gather opinions on the ‘Yeongdeungpo Downtown Station Area Urban Maintenance-type Redevelopment Project Maintenance Plan (Draft)’.

Additionally, on the 11th, a residents’ briefing session will be held at the Times Square CGV cinema adjacent to this area. However, due to COVID-19 social distancing and infection prevention measures, the briefing will prioritize landowners’ entry considering the venue size.

After the public inspection is completed in early December, the district plans to complete the hearing of the district council’s opinions within this year, request the Seoul City to decide on the maintenance plan, and finalize the maintenance plan and area through the Urban Planning Committee review in the first half of next year.

Mayor Chae Hyun-il of Yeongdeungpo-gu said, “The establishment of this maintenance plan is a core project for Yeongdeungpo Station area to leap forward as the center and landmark of Yeongdeungpo, following the maintenance of street vendors on Yeongjung-ro and the environmental improvement of the Yeongdeungpo shantytown.” He added, “We will carry out this long-cherished project of the residents without fail and open the second renaissance of Yeongdeungpo.”

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