11 Locations Including Ansan Wongok-dong Selected for 'Gyeonggi-do Style Urban Regeneration'... 20 Billion KRW Support Per Project

Status of Gyeonggi-do Type Urban Regeneration Project Sites

Eleven locations, including Wongok-dong in Danwon-gu, Ansan-si, have been finalized as target sites for the Gyeonggi Province-type urban regeneration project, 'Gyeonggi The Dream Regeneration Project.'

On the 27th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it had finalized 11 target sites after conducting document evaluations, on-site inspections, and face-to-face evaluations for 24 sites in 19 cities and counties that participated in the 'Gyeonggi The Dream Regeneration Project' contest.

The target sites are divided into three types of projects: ▲Infrastructure establishment (Wongok-dong, Danwon-gu, Ansan-si; Heungseon-dong, Uijeongbu-si; Deokpung-dong, Hanam-si; Soha-dong, Gwangmyeong-si; Bugok-dong, Uiwang-si; Bosan-dong, Dongducheon-si; Sinseo-myeon, Yeoncheon-gun) ▲Project implementation (Wonjong-dong, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon-si; Seojeong-dong, Pyeongtaek-si; Hadong, Yeoju-si) ▲Sustainable operation (Wonmi-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si).

The Gyeonggi The Dream Regeneration Project focuses on revitalizing local communities and commercial districts to enhance sustainability, while presenting differentiated strategies to realize the three major administrative goals of the 8th term of local government: 'more, more balanced, and better opportunities.'

Since the government's urban regeneration project selection scale has drastically reduced from 100 sites annually to around 30 sites since last year, it was judged that the lives of residents in declining old downtown areas could not be ignored. To differentiate from the government’s urban regeneration projects, the plan is to maximize outcomes by linking the 8th term election pledges with city and county policy projects.

Gyeonggi Province has established a three-stage support system to provide tailored support not only to a few outstanding regions selected through a winner-takes-all contest method but also to regions lacking capacity: ▲Infrastructure establishment for areas preparing for urban regeneration at the early stage ▲Project implementation for areas with local capacity such as resident organizations ▲Sustainable operation for complementary environmental improvements and revitalization after the urban regeneration project ends.

Earlier, to enhance understanding of urban regeneration projects and the completeness of project plans, Gyeonggi Province conducted consulting on project plans with experts for 31 projects in 22 cities and counties over about two months starting in February.

Gyeonggi Province plans to continuously strengthen the support system so that projects not selected this year can challenge again next year.

Governor Kim Dong-yeon of Gyeonggi Province expressed a strong commitment to supporting old downtown areas during the 'Minsheng Field Handshake Talk' held in Anyang 4-dong, Manan-gu, Anyang-si in September last year, after announcing the 'Comprehensive Measures for Redevelopment of First-generation New Towns' in August last year, stating that attention would be paid not only to problems of first-generation new towns but also to aging residential areas in old downtowns for balanced redevelopment.

Yoon Sung-jin, Director of the Gyeonggi Province Urban Regeneration Promotion Team, said, "We hope that the declining old downtown areas will be revitalized by providing urban regeneration opportunities that align with the three major administrative goals of the 8th term local government," adding, "We will spare no administrative and financial support so that various community-centered projects through the Gyeonggi The Dream Regeneration Project can be attempted and sustainable models can be discovered."

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