Shilla Hotel Affiliated Parking Lot with 30 Spaces Opened to Jung-gu Residents

[Seoul District News] Open 24 Hours from June 15, Residents Pay 40,000 KRW Monthly, District Supports 70,000 KRW · Parking Relief Expected in Jangchung-dong and Dasan-dong... Gangseo-gu Installs Ice Pack Collection Boxes at 20 Community Centers

Inside the parking lot of Shilla Hotel

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Jung-gu announced that it will open 30 parking spaces in the Shilla Hotel's affiliated parking lot to residents.

On the 17th, the district signed a business agreement with the Shilla Hotel to open 30 parking spaces in the hotel's affiliated parking lot 24 hours a day at resident-priority parking fee levels.

The parking fee is 110,000 KRW per month, with the district subsidizing 70,000 KRW, so residents only need to pay 40,000 KRW.

The Dasan-dong and Jangchung-dong areas adjacent to the Shilla Hotel are densely populated with multi-family houses, and there are frequent complaints due to a shortage of parking spaces compared to registered vehicles. Moreover, the area has many steep slopes and is subject to Namsan height restrictions, making it difficult to find suitable sites for new public parking lots.

A district official explained, "This is the sixth external opening of a private parking lot this year," adding, "Since last year, Jung-gu has been actively expanding resident access to idle parking spaces through a comprehensive survey of private parking lots in the area."

Following the opening of 100 parking spaces at Dongguk University’s affiliated parking lot in March, the opening of the Shilla Hotel’s affiliated parking lot is expected to somewhat alleviate parking difficulties in the nearby residential areas.

Residents wishing to use the Shilla Hotel’s affiliated parking lot can submit the parking lot usage application form posted on the Jung-gu Office website directly to the Parking Management Division of Jung-gu Office or send it by email by the 10th. Allocation will be made on a first-come, first-served basis.

Gangseo-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Noh Hyun-song) has taken steps to prevent environmental pollution by collecting hard-to-dispose ice packs.

The district announced that it will carry out an ‘Ice Pack Recycling Project’ to collect gel-type ice packs stored in households and supply them to places in need.

The project aims to reduce household waste and contribute to spreading a resource circulation culture through ice pack recycling.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, with delivery and courier services becoming routine, the use of ice packs has surged, resulting in a large amount of waste.

In particular, superabsorbent polymers, a type of microplastic used in gel-type ice packs, do not dissolve in water and take more than 500 years to naturally decompose, causing serious environmental problems such as soil and water pollution.

Accordingly, starting this month, the district has installed dedicated collection boxes at all 20 community service centers and will collect ice packs to supply them to places such as Gangseo Agricultural and Marine Products Market.

The collection targets are gel-type ice packs (13cm or larger) wrapped in plastic, which must be uncontaminated and undamaged to be reusable.

When ice packs are placed in the dedicated collection boxes, the local self-support center collects them weekly, then sorts, cleans, and disinfects them before supplying them free of charge to places in need.

The district plans to continuously discover demand sources such as traditional markets and large supermarkets to expand the ice pack recycling project beyond Gangseo Agricultural and Marine Products Market.

A district official said, “Ice pack recycling is expected to help reduce waste disposal costs and business expenses for small business owners,” and added, “We will continue to develop various ways to practice environmental protection together with residents.”

Meanwhile, to promote a resource circulation culture, the district has also installed and operates ‘IoT Smart Paper Pack Collection Boxes’ at 20 community service centers.

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