Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Leads Parking Shortage Resolution by Securing Shared Parking Lots

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 11th that it has prepared 187 shared parking spaces and opened them to citizens to alleviate parking difficulties.

The newly opened shared parking lots are located at Pyeongdong-ro Genie Guesthouse (11 spaces), Cheomdan Naechon-ro City Sauna (40 spaces), Namdong-gil Dream Jobs School (20 spaces), Naesang-ro Songjeong Nonghyup Headquarters (16 spaces), and Gwangsan-ro Songjeong Nonghyup Economic Business Site (50 spaces).

Except for Dream Jobs School, the other parking lots charge 500 KRW per 30 minutes after the initial 2 hours.

However, the Songjeong Nonghyup Headquarters and Economic Business Site are free of charge after working hours.

With this measure, the total number of shared parking spaces in the area has increased to 222.

Since entering the 7th term of the local government, Gwangsan-gu has been responding to urban parking difficulties by securing shared parking lots.

Recently, it has attracted attention by offering up to 100 million KRW for facility improvement costs and conducting shared parking lot sharing projects targeting schools, apartment complexes, and religious facilities, as well as running the Smart Solution Challenge project that provides local shared parking lot information on smartphones.

Kim Sam-ho, Mayor of Gwangsan-gu, said, “We cannot keep up with the rapidly increasing parking demand by simply creating new parking lots. We will enhance citizens' happiness index through policies that encourage sharing parking lots during off-peak hours.”

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