Gyeongju City to 'Expropriate' Unsecured Site for New Police Station Building... Compensation Deposited in Court

Opposition from Owners of 5 out of 38 Plots in Former Cheonbuk-myeon Site
New Gyeongju Police Station to Begin Construction in First Half of 2022 After Forced Acquisition

Satellite image of the future site of the new Gyeongju Police Station in Sindang-ri, Cheonbuk-myeon, Gyeongju.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] The ownership of the site for the relocation of Gyeongju Police Station in Gyeongbuk is expected to be fully transferred to Gyeongju City within this month.

According to Gyeongju City on the 15th, out of the 38 parcels totaling 29,381㎡ in Sindang-ri, Cheonbuk-myeon, the planned site for Gyeongju Police Station, ownership of 33 parcels totaling 24,897㎡ has already been transferred after compensation of 6.948 billion KRW. For the remaining 5 parcels totaling 4,502㎡ where agreements have not been reached, the city deposited 1.18 billion KRW in compensation with the court as of the 11th.

Additionally, compensation for 18 structures including vinyl greenhouses has been completed, and the ownership transfer registration process is expected to be finalized next week, fully transferring ownership of the 5 unagreed parcels to Gyeongju City.

The Gyeongbuk Regional Land Expropriation Committee has also initiated compulsory acquisition procedures. Although some of the 7 owners of the 5 deposited parcels are expected to file objections with the Gyeongbuk Regional Land Expropriation Committee, Gyeongju City explained that this will not affect the ownership transfer process.

The Gyeongbuk Regional Land Expropriation Committee plans to submit an appeal to the Central Land Expropriation Committee within this month, which will then request an appraisal to recalculate the compensation amount.

With the ownership effectively transferred, Gyeongju City plans to begin site leveling and infrastructure development by May next year. To construct the access road to the new Gyeongju Police Station, the main road 'Saneop-ro' will be expanded from the existing two-lane one-way to four lanes, and the branch road 'Gwangjung 3-gil' will be widened from the existing two-lane two-way to four lanes two-way.

Once the site development project is completed, the city will review and approve a management plan for exchanging the police station and public property, and as early as July next year, it will swap the existing Gyeongju Police Station building located in Dongbu-dong.

A city official stated, "Through the compulsory acquisition process, we have effectively secured legal ownership of all the land subject to inclusion," and added, "After the relocation of the new police station is completed, the Dongbu-dong police station building will undergo a public opinion gathering process to explore ways to utilize the facility."

Meanwhile, the new Gyeongju Police Station will begin construction in the first half of 2022 after the site exchange is completed in July next year. It is planned to be a four-story above ground, one basement floor building with a total floor area of 12,801㎡ on a site of 24,022㎡, to be completed by early 2024.

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