Busan City Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for 'Seobusan Administrative Complex Town (2nd City Hall)'

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Sasang Dream Smart City Seobusang Administrative Complex Town Held at 2:30 PM on the 6th

Attended by Mayor Park Hyung-jun, City Council Chairman Ahn Seong-min, National Assemblyman Jang Je-won, Local Businesspeople, and

Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun visits the project site to transform Sasang Industrial Complex into ‘Sasang Dream Smart City,’ a future city centered on the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Busan City announced that it will hold the groundbreaking ceremony for Sasang Dream Smart City’s Western Busan Administrative Complex Town (Second City Hall) at 2:30 PM on the 6th.

The event will be attended by Mayor Park Hyung-jun, City Council Chairman Ahn Seong-min, National Assembly member Jang Je-won, Sasang District Mayor Jo Byeong-gil, city and district council members, representatives from content companies and associations, and about 400 people including Lee Jeong-rim, chairman of the Sasang Enterprise Development Council, Jung Woon-jin, chairman of J&Company, and Jung Sook-gi, executive director of Geumyang.

Starting with the groundbreaking ceremony, the ‘Western Busan Administrative Complex Town,’ which will be constructed on the Sasang Dream Smart City site, will house various institutions responsible for Busan’s development.

The core economic promotion organizations leading Busan’s digital transformation, including ▲‘Technopark,’ ▲‘Economic Promotion Agency,’ and ▲‘Busan Credit Guarantee Foundation,’ will be relocated here. Additionally, the city hall’s main office overseeing balanced development between east and west, ▲‘Urban Balanced Development Office,’ and the information technology organization ▲‘Data Center,’ as well as Busan’s think tank ▲‘Busan Research Institute’ will also be moved.

Moreover, the ▲‘Digital Enterprise Support Complex Center,’ which clusters about 260 domestic content companies such as game and video content firms, will be established, expected to serve as the administrative hub of Western Busan.

The ‘Sasang Dream Smart City Project’ is a project to reorganize the aging and weakened Sasang Industrial Complex into a new growth engine and innovation growth base for Busan.

Although there have been difficulties in securing project funds and advancing the project, since Sasang Industrial Complex was selected as a regeneration project district in 2009, after 14 years, the construction of the ‘Western Busan Administrative Complex Town,’ the central hub of Sasang Dream Smart City, is underway, marking the starting point for establishing an innovation growth base.

To date, Sasang Industrial Complex has continuously promoted infrastructure expansion such as road widening and urban railway construction to lay the foundation for industrial complex regeneration. It is also advancing projects such as the ‘Sewage Treatment Facility Modernization Project’ for environmental improvement and the ‘Eomgung Retention Basin Culture and Sports Center Construction’ project to expand insufficient cultural and sports facilities.

Additionally, three ‘Knowledge Industry Centers’ are either built or under construction to upgrade industries such as knowledge and information communication industries and foster venture companies.

The ‘Knowledge Industry Centers’ include the Advanced Footwear Convergence Hub Center (completed in 2018), Geumyang Knowledge Industry Center (completed in 2023), and New Green City Knowledge Industry Center (construction started in 2023, scheduled for completion in 2026).

Furthermore, the ‘Industrial Complex Imagination Hub,’ selected as a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport public project in 2020, is about to be designated as an activation zone. Once designated, the area will be transformed into a region where work, life, and culture coexist, attracting people with cultural, convenience, commercial, and residential facilities.

On the same day, Mayor Park Hyung-jun will visit the modernization site of the sewage treatment facility in Gamjeon-dong, Sasang-gu at 3:20 PM following the groundbreaking ceremony to personally oversee the residential environment improvement project of Sasang Dream Smart City.

The sewage treatment facility, known as the Sanitation Office, is a facility that performs primary treatment of sewage from septic tanks and traditional toilets before it is processed at the sewage treatment plant. It opened in 1973 and has been operating for 50 years.

The currently operating sewage treatment facility is exposed outdoors, causing inconvenience to nearby residents due to odors generated during sewage treatment, and the facility is rapidly aging as it has exceeded its durability period.

Accordingly, the need for new facilities was raised in Busan City’s 2016 Sewerage Maintenance Master Plan, leading to the modernization project. After feasibility studies and a preliminary feasibility study by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in 2019, construction began in November 2020.

With a total investment of 100.3 billion KRW, the project aims for completion by the end of 2024. The sewage treatment facility will be located underground, with a management building and sports facilities constructed above to provide a resting space for local residents.

At the site, Mayor Park will receive a progress report on the construction, carefully review the project, and urge officials to ensure thorough progress in the underground sewage treatment facility project to quickly provide a pleasant residential environment to residents who have suffered from odors during sewage treatment.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun stated, “Starting with the construction of the ‘Western Busan Administrative Complex Town,’ we will do our best to develop Sasang Industrial Complex, which has played a pivotal role in national development, into an industrial innovation hub with global competitiveness and transform it into Sasang Dream Smart City, a future city centered on the 4th Industrial Revolution.” He added, “We will also ensure the modernization project of the sewage treatment facility proceeds smoothly to repay the local residents who have suffered from odors with a pleasant resting space.”

Location map of Seobusan Administrative Complex Town (2nd City Hall).

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