Changwon City Solves Parking Worries Again This Year with 'Free Shared Parking Lots'!

Support for Parking Facility Improvements Including Utilization of Idle Spaces and Vacant Lots, and Pavement Maintenance

Changwon City, Gyeongnam, will actively promote the shared parking lot development project again this year. (From the left, Uichang-gu Neighbor Sharing Parking Lot, Bansong Middle School Open Parking Lot)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Changwon City in Gyeongnam is easing citizens' parking concerns by creating Changwon-style shared parking lots again this year.

The city is promoting the '2022 Open Parking Lot and Vacant Land Parking Lot Creation Project,' which creates free parking lots by utilizing idle spaces to solve chronic parking shortages.

The open parking lot opening project supports improvements in parking facilities such as parking surface maintenance and CCTV installation within a maximum of 20 million KRW if affiliated parking lots of schools, public institutions, religious facilities, companies, and shopping districts are opened for free for more than two years.

The vacant land parking lot creation project targets vacant land with no utilization plans for more than two years, providing a 100% property tax reduction benefit by obtaining free usage approval from the landowner.

Currently, 107 open parking lots with 3,838 spaces have been created, and this year the goal is to create more than 200 spaces in 10 locations. For vacant land parking lots, a total of 107 locations with 1,230 spaces have been created, and this year the plan is to promote more than 200 spaces in 20 locations.

Although the budget required to create one new parking space is about 70 million KRW, the city expects budget savings through the creation of shared parking lots and the spread of a sharing culture with neighbors.

A city official said, “Although there are difficulties in opening parking lots due to the spread of COVID-19, we will visit sites to increase understanding of the project, communicate, cooperate, and expand the target sites.”

Jo Ilam, Director of the Safety, Construction, and Transportation Bureau, said, “We express gratitude to institutions and citizens who have joined efforts to share parking lots and will provide better parking convenience facilities to local residents,” adding, “We hope for active participation from institutions, schools, religious facilities, and citizens to spread neighbor-sharing parking lots.”

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