Comprehensive Redevelopment Around Dongincheon Station... Public Development Linked to 'Jemulpo Renaissance'

Incheon Urban Corporation (iH) is set to undertake a full-scale redevelopment of the area surrounding Dongincheon Station on the Gyeongin Line, a representative old downtown area of Incheon.

On the 15th, Incheon City announced that iH has commenced the "Basic Concept and Feasibility Study for the Complex Development Project around Dongincheon Station." After canceling the existing urban regeneration plan, the city decided to promote a comprehensive public development linked with the old downtown revitalization project, "Jemulpo Renaissance."

To expedite the project, the city signed a basic agreement with iH last month and plans to revise the redevelopment promotion plan around Dongincheon Station by next year, followed by finalizing the new project.

The aging area around Dongincheon Station was once the center of economic activity in Incheon, but since the 1990s, as the city’s central axis shifted, the population declined and commercial districts deteriorated. Incheon City has sought to revitalize the old downtown by designating redevelopment promotion districts since 2007, but the project faced difficulties due to economic downturns and lack of feasibility.

In 2019, the "Dongincheon Station 2030 Station Front Project" was selected in the government’s Urban Regeneration New Deal competition, but the project was halted due to opposition to the reduction of the plaza, resistance to public housing, and demands for full redevelopment. In September, Incheon City also applied to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to cancel the 2030 Station Front Project urban regeneration plan.

Ryu Yoon-gi, Director of the Global City Bureau of Incheon City, said, "If the complex development project around the northern plaza of Dongincheon Station and the full redevelopment are implemented, it is expected to revitalize the surrounding old downtown area as well." He added, "We will do our best to ensure that the area around Dongincheon Station, which led Korea’s modernization, reemerges as the central axis of Incheon."

View of the North Plaza at Dongincheon Station

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