‘Gunsun-nim’ Got Angry! ... Oh Gyuseok, Gijang County Governor, Opposes Approval of Ilgwang Samdeok District Apartment Complex with 25th Solo Protest

O Gyuseok, the mayor of Gijang-gun, is holding a solo protest in front of Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] On the 18th, Oh Gyu-seok, the mayor of Busan's Gijang County, held his 25th solo protest against the approval of the housing construction project plan for Ilgwang Samdeok District, directed at Busan City.

Mayor Oh opposed the approval of the traffic impact assessment for Ilgwang Samdeok District, which was passed at the Busan City Traffic Impact Assessment Review Committee meeting held on October 29.

Mayor Oh emphasized, "If Busan City approves the housing construction project plan for Samdeok District, Park Hyung-joon, the mayor of Busan, must apologize to the 176,000 residents of Gijang County."

He also warned, "Changing the Samdeok District unit plan area to a Type 2 General Residential Area for private developers is an act that grants special favors and benefits to private developers and could escalate into a second Daejang-dong scandal."

The Ilgwang Samdeok District housing construction project has sparked controversy over residents' right to livelihood due to issues such as traffic congestion, destruction of forests and green corridors, and isolation of the nearby Hoenggye Village.

Samdeok District is a project by Yurim Comprehensive Construction to change the zoning from Type 1 General Residential Area to Type 2 General Residential Area and build a large-scale apartment complex of about 1,500 households through a district unit plan change.

In March, Yurim Comprehensive Construction submitted the housing construction project plan to Busan City.

A Gijang County official stated, "The traffic improvement measures in the supplementary traffic impact assessment submitted by the developer do not address the grievances and concerns of the residents of Ilgwang New Town, so it is absolutely unacceptable."

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