Jeongeup-si, Shintaein Traditional Market Reborn as a Shopping Space

Published 24 Mar.2022 13:27(KST)

[Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] The Shintaein Traditional Market in Jeongeup City, Jeonbuk, is being reborn as a pleasant and convenient shopping space through a national government contest project and support from Jeongeup City.

The city announced on the 24th that, having been selected last year in the ‘Traditional Market and Shopping District Facility Modernization Project’ contest hosted by Jeonbuk Province, it will promote a facility modernization project to renovate the aging facilities and surrounding environment of Shintaein Market.

Shintaein Traditional Market gathers dozens of retail and wholesale stores selling various agricultural and marine products, meat, and side dishes, but it has been pointed out that the market’s competitiveness has declined due to aging facilities.

Accordingly, the city will invest a total project cost of 1 billion KRW, including 600 million KRW from provincial funds and 400 million KRW from the city’s own budget, to renovate the building’s roof facilities and access roads and improve the aging facilities.

First, with a project cost of 870 million KRW, the city will repair internal cracks in the market building and install an arcade, a rain shelter facility covering 1,480㎡.

By installing structures that block direct sunlight and protect against snow and rain, the plan is to enable market merchants to conduct normal business activities even in bad weather, as well as optimize the shopping environment to revitalize the stagnant local economy.

Additionally, with a project cost of 130 million KRW, the city plans to renovate 2,000㎡ of access roads to create a safe and convenient environment for customers.

The facility modernization project involves installing and repairing public restrooms used by merchants and customers, shared electricity, gas, and fire-fighting facilities, customer support centers, waterproofing, painting, and rain shelters.

The city plans to complete the detailed design by the end of this month, start full-scale construction next month, and aim for completion in September.

A city official said, “We expect the competitiveness of Shintaein Traditional Market to be greatly strengthened through this project,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to promote various facility modernization projects to develop it into a cleaner and safer traditional market.”