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Wangsimni Station GTX-C Line Confirmed... Positive Developments Including New Middle School Planned in Wangsimni New Town

Jung Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, and Cho Hee-yeon, Superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, signed a business agreement to improve education in Seongdong-gu.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Recently, Mr. A, a resident of Seongdong-gu, has been noticeably brighter.

This is because a series of good news has been coming one after another.

Wangsimni Station has become firmly established as the center of Seoul transportation with the addition of the GTX C Line.

Moreover, the establishment of a middle school in Wangsimni New Town is being promoted. This has been a long-standing demand of Seongdong-gu residents, and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, which had previously shown a negative response, has finally responded positively.

On the 24th of last month, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport officially announced, “Regarding the four additional stations on the GTX-C Line (Wangsimni, Indeokwon, Uiwang, Sangnoksu), the preferred negotiator’s private investment feasibility study confirmed eligibility, and this has been reflected in the implementation agreement.”

It is unusual that the government, which had been reserved about adding stops until now, officially announced the plan to add four stations. Following the proposal by the Hyundai Construction consortium, selected as the preferred negotiator in June last year, to add Wangsimni Station, this announcement by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has effectively confirmed the establishment of Wangsimni Station on the GTX-C Line.

This achievement was made possible not only by the district’s swift response and efforts but also by the interest and aspirations of the 300,000 Seongdong-gu residents and citizens who united to attract the establishment of Wangsimni Station.

Along with this, the establishment of a middle school in Wangsimni New Town is being promoted. Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Wono) signed a business agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon) on February 28 to improve educational conditions.

Based on the analysis of trends in the school-age population and gender ratio in the region, as well as the educational conditions of local issues, the two institutions agreed to promptly improve educational conditions in each area starting from this agreement.

Through this agreement, the focus will be on establishing middle schools in the Wangsimni New Town and Geumho-dong areas, fostering appropriately sized middle and high schools in Seongsu-dong, and resolving the gender imbalance among high school students in the region.

First, Wangsimni New Town and Geumho-dong have large-scale residential complexes formed through redevelopment, leading to a continuous increase in the school-age population due to the influx of young people. However, unlike the northern central and Seongsu-dong areas where schools are concentrated, there are no middle schools in these areas.

Therefore, to establish a middle school in Wangsimni New Town where securing new sites is difficult, the establishment of an integrated operating school linked with existing schools will be considered. For Geumho-dong, the district will prepare the optimal plan through independent research by the Seongdong-Gwangjin Education Support Office based on alternatives proposed by the district for middle school establishment.

With these improvements in transportation and educational environments, Seongdong-gu is becoming known as ‘Mayongseong (Mapo-Yongsan-Seongdong),’ a prime area in the northern Han River region, and is establishing itself as a middle-class residential area.

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