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[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Junhee) has initiated a district unit plan revision project to lay the foundation for sustainable regional development in response to institutional and social condition changes.

Through the district unit plan revision project, the district plans to establish detailed plans to become a new growth center in the southwestern area of Seoul, as presented in higher-level and related plans such as the 2030 Seoul Plan, the city's basic urban plan.

This project will review development directions responding to regional condition changes such as revitalizing commercial and cultural functions centered on Sillim Station, the opening of the Sillim light rail line, the extension of the Western line, and the restoration of the ecological stream of Bongcheoncheon, as well as strategic regional environment improvements.

In particular, by accurately diagnosing the current status of the district unit plan, the project aims to supplement the problems of existing plans, present a future vision befitting Gwanak-gu's status, and establish feasible plans tailored to regional characteristics.

Each area is a key transportation hub in the southwestern region, with the Nambusunhwan-ro and Subway Line 2 passing through, and the Sillim light rail line and Western line scheduled to open. The Bongcheon area-centered district unit plan zone was revised in 2016, and the Sillim area-centered district unit plan zone was revised in 2015.

Since then, the time for revision to respond to changing conditions has arrived, and in August last year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government's preliminary feasibility review was approved, providing the basis for establishing the district unit plan revision.

The Sillim area-centered zone (around 1428 Sillim-dong, approximately 500,000㎡) plans to strengthen the Sillim Station area in the southwestern region as a commercial and cultural center and develop the area around the newly established light rail station as a neighborhood commercial center.

The Bongcheon area-centered zone (around 822-5 Bongcheon-dong, approximately 640,000㎡) aims to foster commercial and business functions along Nambusunhwan-ro, incorporate the Sharosugil area, and prepare urban environment improvement plans for undeveloped and aging blocks such as areas where maintenance zones have been lifted.

Additionally, through an accurate diagnosis of the district unit plans operated so far, the project will supplement existing plan issues and establish feasible plans suited to regional characteristics.

The district completed the selection of service providers for the Sillim area-centered zone in April and for the Bongcheon area-centered zone in May, planning to complete the projects for both zones by November 2022.

This district unit plan revision aims to draft the plan by the first half of 2023, gather residents' opinions, and finalize it through the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Urban Architecture Joint Committee and other processes.

Mayor Park Junhee said, "The revision of the district unit plan will serve as an opportunity for the area along Nambusunhwan-ro in Gwanak-gu to emerge as a central axis for the development of the southwestern region," adding, "We will do our best to establish highly feasible plans considering our district's regional conditions and characteristics to improve residents' quality of life and make Gwanak a better place to live."

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