‘Avoidance Facility’ Jeongneung-dong Public Garage Transformed into Cultural and Sports Facility

The Jeongneung public bus garage, once considered a representative nuisance facility in the area, is being transformed into a cultural and sports facility.

Jeongneung Bus Public Garage Location Map
[Photo by Seoul City]

On the 3rd, Seoul City announced that it held a residents' council meeting for the 'Jeongneung Public Garage Cultural and Sports Facility Complex Development Project' at the Jeongneung 4-dong Community Service Center on the 26th of last month. The Jeongneung public bus garage has been a facility with complaints and relocation demands from local residents for several years since the city acquired the land and designated it as an urban planning facility in 2009. In 2016, an attempt was made to develop a complex with an underground garage and cultural facility (Poet's Village), but the project stalled due to ongoing relocation demands and opposition from local residents requesting the construction of sports facilities.

Since the site visit by Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon in March last year, Seoul City designated this project as a campaign pledge. Additionally, the previously planned cultural facility (Poet's Village) project is being changed to a facility closely related to residents' daily lives. Since March, a basic plan has been underway to develop an underground garage and above-ground living sports and cultural facilities as a complex.

This residents' council meeting reflected Seoul City's intention to gather local residents' opinions from the basic planning stage. At the meeting, Seoul City shared the basic plan and future promotion plans with experts, and eight resident representatives, including the chairman of the Jeongneung 4-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee, urged Seoul City to proceed smoothly and promptly so that the Jeongneung public garage can become a representative facility of the Jeongneung area.

The 'Jeongneung Public Garage Cultural and Sports Facility Complex Development Project' will proceed sequentially, aiming to complete the basic plan after the meeting, undergo feasibility studies and investment reviews, and start construction in 2026.

Hong Seon-gi, Director of Future Space Planning at Seoul City, said, "The 'Jeongneung Public Garage Cultural and Sports Facility Complex Development Project' is the first attempt to transform a public garage, which is an essential infrastructure but also a nuisance facility, into a resident-friendly facility." He added, "We empathize with this project as a long-standing wish of the Jeongneung area, and since communication is important, we will continue to collect opinions smoothly so that it becomes a facility loved by local residents."

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