Gwangju Mayor Bang Se-hwan: "Doing Our Best to Build a Creative, Green, Transport, and Self-Sufficient City"

Gwangju Mayor Bang Se-hwan is holding a press conference on the 1st anniversary of his inauguration on the 30th.

On the 30th, Bang Se-hwan, Mayor of Gwangju City, Gyeonggi Province, held a press conference in the medium conference room of Gwangju City Hall to commemorate the first anniversary of the 8th elected government, presenting the future vision of "building an international creative city, a sustainable green city, a well-connected transportation city, and a happy self-sufficient city of 500,000."

The new future vision declared by Mayor Bang on this day attracted attention as it redesigned Gwangju City ahead of the "2024 World Gwanak Conference" and indicated the direction of the city's future urban development.

The four future visions aim to create an "international creative city where tradition and cultural arts breathe," by inheriting and developing Gwangju's history, culture, and arts, providing citizens with more opportunities to enjoy rich cultural benefits, and proposing a "sustainable smart green city" that pursues a happy green city where people can relax and heal in pristine nature.

In particular, regarding transportation issues, the vision of "future roads connecting all directions to Gwangju" was presented to make Gwangju a faster city and a central city with convenient transportation by steadily promoting not only public transportation but also road and railway projects.

Additionally, to leap forward as a core city in the eastern Gyeonggi region with a population of 500,000, the plan includes building infrastructure and implementing various policies to prepare for the future as a "self-sufficient city of 500,000 where three generations are happy."

Mayor Bang cited the successful bid for the 2024 World Gwanak Conference as a major achievement over the past year and promised to mobilize all human and material resources to ensure its successful hosting.

He also stated that through this, Gwangju City will be transformed into an international creative city where culture and arts thrive.

Furthermore, he expressed his determination to lead the construction of a sustainable smart green city of Gwangju through regulatory innovation task force (TF) formation, coordination with other cities and districts, and the improvement of overlapping regulations.

Mayor Bang explained that city administrative power will be concentrated on building the "future roads connecting all directions to Gwangju," including establishing the Green Spider Webline, efforts for convenient railway transportation, and conducting a full revision of bus routes.

In particular, he promised to fill the remaining term with a more aggressive and progressive attitude to rapidly advance the Gwangju Station area complex development project, whose preferred negotiator was selected on the 21st, and to build the Gwangju Sports Complex for hosting the 2026 Gyeonggi-do Sports Festival, aiming to create a "self-sufficient city of 500,000 where three generations are happy."

Meanwhile, on the same day, an event was held in the large conference room of City Hall to proclaim Gwangju City's future vision together with citizens. A talk concert with the mayor, hosted by announcer Son Beom-su, provided an opportunity to introduce the new future vision of Gwangju City in more detail.

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