"Creation of Resident Facilities in Bukhansan Ecological Park" Accelerates Urban Regeneration in Suyu 1-dong

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] The urban regeneration activation plan for the Suyu 1-dong and Samyang-dong areas in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, is accelerating by partially changing its contents.

Seoul City announced on the 18th that it held the 9th Urban Regeneration Committee meeting on the 17th and approved the original proposal of the 'Suyu 1-dong Urban Regeneration Activation Plan Change (Draft)'.

The area around 791-1019, Suyu 1-dong and Samyang-dong, Gangbuk-gu, is a region where the urban regeneration activation plan was announced in November last year. To resolve the problems of the declining residential area, 25 billion KRW is being invested to promote 21 detailed projects such as creating anchor facilities, fostering village cooperatives, and promoting resident public contest projects.

Gangbuk-gu pursued changes to the urban regeneration activation plan to reflect various changed conditions from when the plan was established, such as the expansion of Seoul City-linked projects and increased demand for community activities.

The main changes include adding new resident communal facilities to the existing two: ▲ the creation of the Together Living Suyu 1-dong Village Sarangbang (tentative name) ▲ the creation of the Ppallaegol Culture and Youth Support Center (tentative name), by additionally establishing ▲ Bukhansan Ecological Park ▲ the area around the Ppallaegol Entrance Resident Priority Parking Lot ▲ and the creation of Suyu Silver Yard (tentative name).

The creation of Bukhansan Ecological Park changes the existing ecological park creation project plan by additionally purchasing adjacent land to establish resident communal facilities. The city expects this place to be used as an ecological workshop, education center, and resident resting area, thereby enhancing local residents' utilization of the ecological park. The area around the Ppallaegol Entrance Resident Priority Parking Lot is changing from a plan to create temporary structures within the parking lot to a plan to create attached buildings. This area will be used as a home repair workshop, local specialty product manufacturing and sales center, etc. The creation of Suyu Silver Yard is a new project that plans to operate reemployment support programs for retirees and community activation programs for middle-aged and older adults to encourage their participation in urban regeneration projects.

The additional resident communal facilities will be established by changing the existing project budget plan without a separate budget. With this activation plan change, overlapping project costs with other projects and remaining actual expenditures can be used to create resident communal facilities.

To change this urban regeneration activation plan, the city went through procedures such as Seoul City strategic plan changes, resident public hearings, opinions from the Gangbuk-gu Council, advice from the Seoul City Urban Regeneration Committee, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Urban Regeneration Working Committee since May. Gangbuk-gu plans to announce the matters approved by the committee in the January 2021 public notice.

Yang Yong-taek, Director of Regeneration Policy Planning, said, "The change to the Suyu 1-dong Urban Regeneration Activation Plan is a matter of changing the plan to install facilities that are essential to the area, considering residents' opinions and the area's characteristics. We will ensure that necessary facilities are installed through various resident opinion collections in Seoul City's urban regeneration activation areas so that urban regeneration projects can proceed smoothly."

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