Sangwoo Park, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, "Reconsidering Reconstruction and Redevelopment Regulations from Scratch"

Reaffirming Stance on Easing Reconstruction Regulations
Strengthening Customized Housing Safety Nets by Life Cycle
"Steady Progress on Gadeokdo New Airport and Others"

Minister Park Sang-woo, who has returned to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) after 10 years, emphasized in his inaugural speech that redevelopment and reconstruction regulations will be reconsidered from scratch.

Park Sang-woo, nominee for Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, is smiling at the confirmation hearing held at the National Assembly on the 20th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On the 26th, at the inauguration ceremony held at the Sejong Government Complex, Minister Park stated, "We must fundamentally review redevelopment and reconstruction regulations and procedures to provide various housing options tailored to household types and income levels, and dramatically accelerate the pace of diverse maintenance projects."

MOLIT is set to announce plans to ease redevelopment and reconstruction regulations in January next year. On the 21st, President Yoon Suk-yeol also mentioned that the criteria should be changed to allow reconstruction procedures without safety inspections for houses older than 30 years. If the safety inspection process, the first step in reconstruction for apartments over 30 years old, is removed, the project implementation speed is expected to increase significantly. Additionally, there remains the task of presenting plans to promote reconstruction in the first-generation new towns.

Minister Park also emphasized the importance of stabilizing the housing market and restoring the housing ladder. He said, "We urgently need to restore the broken ladder of social mobility by strengthening a lifecycle-based customized housing safety net that connects public rental housing, New Home, and general sale housing."

The plan to build regional new airports supporting President Yoon’s campaign promise of a 'local era' and the creation of 15 national advanced industrial complexes were also mentioned. Minister Park stated, "We will steadily promote the plan to establish 15 national advanced industrial complexes announced in March, as well as the Gadukdo New Airport and Daegu-Gyeongbuk New Airport, nurturing them as growth hubs for regionally specialized industries." He added, "By steadily building railway and road networks in the five major local metropolitan areas and creating super-regional mega cities, we must ensure fair opportunities and mobility rights regardless of where people live."

Park Sang-woo, nominee for Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, is attending the confirmation hearing held at the National Assembly on the 20th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

With the dawn of the GTX era, plans include introducing bus-centered demand-responsive transportation services, package-type transportation services, and public transportation discount programs (K-Pass) to innovate transportation costs and systems.

He also emphasized a system to raise safety levels, which remain below the OECD average, following incidents of poor construction such as missing rebar. Minister Park said, "We must establish a mutual check system among design, construction, and supervision to prevent construction safety accidents and block poor construction."

Furthermore, leveraging his experience as the first to introduce smart city policies, he proposed simultaneously leading the world in the smart city industry and innovating and exporting across all sectors of the land and transportation industry.

Minister Park began his public service career as the 27th administrative examination pass and served as Director General of Land Policy Bureau, Director of Housing and Land Office, and Chief of Planning and Coordination Office. After retirement, he served as President of the Korea Construction Policy Research Institute. During the Moon Jae-in administration, he was the CEO of LH from 2016 to 2019.

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