Gyeonggi-do's First Provincial Library Breaks Ground on the 30th... Completion Targeted for 2024

Gyeonggi-do Library Bird's-eye View

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi-do's first provincial library, 'Gyeonggi Provincial Library,' is set to break ground at the end of this month after more than four years of preparation.

On the 11th, Gyeonggi-do announced that on the 30th of this month, Governor Kim Dong-yeon and about 200 officials will attend the 'Gyeonggi Provincial Library Groundbreaking Ceremony' held at the first-floor auditorium of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Library will be built in Gwanggyo New Town, Iui-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon City, within the Gyeonggi Convergence Town. It will have a total floor area of 27,775㎡, with four basement floors and five above-ground floors. A total project cost of approximately 110 billion KRW will be invested, including 80.1 billion KRW from provincial funds. The completion target is December 2024.

Since starting the local finance investment review in 2018, the province has carried out preliminary procedures over the past four years, including land acquisition, design competitions, library naming, permits, and construction bidding.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Library adopted a scroll-shaped design symbolizing the vision and knowledge that consolidate Gyeonggi-do's preparation for the next 100 years. Additionally, the building will incorporate renewable energy facilities such as solar panels and geothermal energy, making it an eco-friendly library leading carbon neutrality.

Perspective View of Gyeonggi-do Library

Through the groundbreaking ceremony, the province plans to pray for safe and successful construction while emphasizing the role of the metropolitan representative library leading the knowledge management era through differentiated exhibition, experience, and education, as well as the four core contents of the Gyeonggi Provincial Library: ▲Gyeonggi Studies ▲Field of Peace ▲Future Development ▲Humanities.

Lee Hwa-jin, Director of the Lifelong Education Bureau of the province, stated, "As the first provincial library, the Gyeonggi Provincial Library will serve as a control tower for the qualitative development of all libraries within the province," and emphasized, "We will also establish the largest electronic library so that residents of all 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi-do can access library materials anytime and anywhere."

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