Five Mayors of First-Generation New Towns in the Seoul Metropolitan Area Urge 'Revitalization of Aging New Towns'

Demand for Special Act Enactment and Fundamental Government-Level Measures... Scheduled to Sign Win-Win Agreement

Goyang City Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] The heads of five local governments in the Seoul metropolitan area, which include the first-generation new towns, are set to urge the government and political circles to "revitalize and reorganize the first-generation new towns."

Goyang City announced on the 8th that "to raise awareness of the aging conditions of the five first-generation new towns, the necessity of urban reorganization and revitalization, and the need to enact a special law for this purpose, the five mayors will hold a joint press conference at 3 p.m. on December 10 at the National Assembly Communication Hall to call for support from the government and political circles."

According to Goyang City, the mayors of Goyang, Gunpo, Seongnam, Bucheon, and Anyang plan to demand the government and political circles to enact a "special law" for revitalizing the first-generation new towns, stating at the press conference that "as 30 years have passed since residents moved into the first-generation new towns, citizens are experiencing significant inconvenience due to deteriorating residential environments and severe parking shortages, raising concerns about decline."

Furthermore, it is reported that they will express the position that the reorganization of the aging first-generation new towns aligns with the government's housing supply policy direction aimed at stabilizing the housing market through the reorganization of urban functions, and that the five local governments will establish a joint response system to ensure prompt government-level action.

Prior to this, the five mayors are also scheduled to sign a win-win agreement for revitalizing the first-generation new towns at the 3rd conference room of the National Assembly Members' Office Building, and the chairpersons of the councils of the five local governments are also expected to sign a separate agreement.

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