Gangwon Provincial Government New Office Candidate Sites Narrowed Down to Two Locations

The Entire Area of Goeun-ri, Dongnaemyeon and Udu-dong (Former Agricultural Technology Center Site)
New Office Site Selection Committee to Choose Final Candidate Site by the End of This Month

Gangwon Provincial Government

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Gangwon Province announced on the 13th that the "5th Gangwon Province New Government Building Site Selection Committee" held a meeting and narrowed down the final evaluation candidate sites to two locations among five candidates: the area around Goeun-ri, Dongnae-myeon, and the old Agricultural Technology Center site in Udu-dong.

The Site Selection Committee selected these two areas after discussions based on evaluation criteria such as 'accessibility,' 'future expandability,' 'economic feasibility of development costs,' 'location environment,' and 'ease of development.'

The Dongnae-myeon area is privately owned land, so if it is decided as the site for the new government building, purchase costs will be incurred. However, it is close to the Chuncheon IC and the connection point to the Circular Road, providing excellent accessibility between the city center and the city and county areas. It also has future expandability and convenient access, including the possibility of housing other administrative agencies.

The old Agricultural Technology Center site is provincial government land, so no separate purchase cost is required. With an area of about 200,000 ㎡, it is spacious enough to accommodate administrative agencies in addition to the government building site. However, traffic congestion is expected due to the nearby presence of schools, military units, and apartments. It is also evaluated to have lower accessibility from Chuncheon Station, the intercity bus terminal, Chuncheon IC, and the city center.

The committee explained, "Based on the evaluation criteria established over the first to third rounds and the on-site inspection conducted during the 4th committee meeting, we comprehensively discussed the pros and cons of each candidate site and the requirements for the government building location."

The committee also devised measures to prevent distortion of results due to high score variance among a few evaluators in the final evaluation method. To ensure a fair evaluation, procedures were discussed to exclude evaluators who own real estate in the shortlisted candidate sites from the final evaluation.

The site for the new government building will be decided through the final evaluation of the two shortlisted candidate sites at the upcoming 6th Site Selection Committee meeting.

The provincial government building is scheduled to begin construction in January 2026 and be completed by June 2028.

Kim Han-su, Director of the Provincial Planning and Coordination Office, said, "As the Site Selection Committee has strived for transparent and fair evaluations, we expect the optimal candidate site to be selected."

He added, "We will cooperate with Chuncheon City to prepare corresponding measures for the areas not selected and plan to present a regional development blueprint soon, so we ask for the understanding of local residents."

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