'Satongpaldal' Seongdong-gu's Top 10 News of the Year No.1?... New 'GTX-C Wangsimni Station' Established

GTX-C Wangsimni Station New Establishment, Seoul City’s 1st Vaccination Center Operation, Strong Support for Essential Worker Policies... Expansion of Smart Shelters and Smart Crosswalks, and Seongdong Pureumi Recycling Stations Bring Strength and Hope to Residents in Environment and Safety Fields

GTX-C Wangsimni Station Route Map

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Wono) conducted a survey on the major projects promoted throughout the year to identify the projects that resonated most with residents, and announced the top 10 news items that gave strength and hope to residents weary from the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

This year, news about the establishment of Wangsimni Station, which has become a strong candidate for the GTX-C line of the metropolitan area express railroad, ranked first. This reflects the residents' wish for Seongdong, with its high urban accessibility, to advance its transportation system to the next level.

Following that, the 'Seoul City’s 1st COVID-19 Vaccination Center,' operated in collaboration with Seoul National University Hospital for the first time in Seoul, ranked second, delivering strength and hope to residents through safe and efficient vaccination.

Next, the essential worker policy and the expansion of smart crosswalks and smart shelters tied for third place. The essential worker policy of Seongdong-gu, which continued from last year, achieved the remarkable feat of leading to legislation this year. Additionally, the smart crosswalks and smart shelters, which upgraded traffic safety and convenience for public transportation users, received high satisfaction from users.

The 'Seongdong Purumi Recycling Station,' which improved the recycling sorting rate by 17% along with streamlining the resource recovery center operation system, ranked fifth, and the 'Real-time Waiting Number Guidance System at Screening Clinics,' the first in the nation to allow COVID-19 testing without waiting, ranked sixth.

Safe passageways realized over a long period also received high praise from residents. The 'Safe School Route at Gyeongdong Elementary School' and the 'Expansion of Geumho-dong Market Street and Geumho-ro' projects, created through public-private-academic cooperation, have made the traffic environment much safer, giving strength to residents. The campaign to improve the title from security guard to manager and the 'Dundeun Han Kki Nuriso,' which shares a warm meal through voluntary donations, also brought hope to residents.

Smart Crosswalk

The voting, conducted over 10 days from November 29 to December 8 targeting Seongdong-gu residents and employees, allowed each person to select up to five projects out of 20 major Seongdong-gu policies, resulting in a total participation of 4,423 votes.

Jeong Wono, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “Through the top 10 news, we reviewed and confirmed with residents the positive changes Seongdong-gu has led this year,” adding, “Based on the policies that resonated greatly with residents, we will strive to implement various policies next year that will empower residents' lives.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.