Junggwang-gu Meokgol Station to Jungnangcheon Embankment 'Rose Blossom Street' Created

The main access road for festival visitors, Muk 2-dong Dongil-ro 163-gil, transformed into 'Rose Blossom Street'... Planned to be divided into 4 sections with tailored street designs... Includes meeting spots, plaza-style shopping streets, improved streetscape design, and community rest areas

Rose Blossom Street Meokgol Station Exit 7 Front Section Plan (Draft)

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] The 163-gil, Dongil-ro in Muk 2-dong, a popular destination for visitors during the Seoul Rose Festival, will be transformed into the central themed street called the ‘Rose Light Street’ where people want to walk.

Jungnang-gu (Mayor Ryu Kyung-gi) announced that the project to create the 380-meter section connecting Exit 7 of Meokgol Station to the embankment of Jungnangcheon Stream and Rose Park as the ‘Rose Light Street’ is scheduled to begin construction in mid-this month.

The ‘Rose Light Street’ is part of the Muk 2-dong urban regeneration revitalization project, also known as ‘Rose Village,’ under the theme of ‘A Regeneration Village Dyed with Roses,’ carried out jointly by Jungnang-gu and local residents. Although the street overflows with numerous visitors during the festival period, utility poles and communication poles cause inconvenience to pedestrians and spoil the aesthetics, and the lack of security lighting makes the street dark, raising a continuous need for improvement.

Accordingly, the district will address these inconveniences and transform the street into the festival’s central street by dividing it into four sections (A~D) and carrying out projects tailored to each section’s characteristics, focusing on creating meeting places, developing plaza-type shopping streets, improving streetscape design, and establishing a resident rest area on the Jungnangcheon embankment.

The shopping street (A) will be transformed into a street that people want to visit even outside the festival period, reflecting merchants’ opinions. Starting with the undergrounding of power distribution and communication lines in mid-October, the project will improve the landscape by May next year through the creation of flowerbed-type benches, removal of sidewalk height differences and pavement replacement, and installation of rose lighting, turning it into a plaza-type shopping street suitable for cultural performances.

The neighborhood shop alley section (B), where hidden restaurants and unique shops line the alley, making it enjoyable for strolling, will have street lighting installed and sidewalk improvements made from March to May next year, tailored to the alley’s characteristics.

The residential street (C), an alley between apartments and houses, will undergo road maintenance and improvements to nighttime illumination.

The resident rest area section (D) will focus on creating a stepped plaza for the convenience and rest of residents using the Rose Tunnel walking path. In particular, the installation of a vertical lift for the disabled will help residents using wheelchairs to conveniently access the Rose Tunnel.

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, said, “Through the Rose Light Street project, a core urban regeneration project in Muk 2-dong, we expect to revitalize the local commercial district and rebirth it as a cultural street where resident activities harmonize.” He added, “We will spare no effort to make it a new landmark of the area.”

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