Yoon Visits Aging Apartments in 1st Phase New Towns: "Will Actively Support Reconstruction"

Searching for Baeksong Village 5 Complex in Ilsan New Town
Inspecting Underground Parking Lot and Inside Units

President Yoon Suk-yeol said on the 10th, "We will actively support the rapid reconstruction of the aging first-generation new towns."

The Presidential Office announced that President Yoon made this remark after visiting Baeksong Village Complex 5 in Ilsan New Town, Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, in the morning, where he inspected the underground parking lot and the interior of the units. Baeksong Village Complex 5 is the first completed complex in Ilsan New Town and is a 33-year-old aging apartment this year.

President Yoon's on-site visit was arranged to directly observe the residential environment of the aging first-generation new towns and to listen to the residents' desired directions for the maintenance of aging planned cities ahead of the enforcement of the "Special Act on the Maintenance and Support of Aging Planned Cities (First-generation New Town Special Act)" enacted in December last year.

First, President Yoon visited the underground parking lot with representatives of the residents' association and the reconstruction promotion committee to check the aging issues such as lack of parking spaces and falling ceiling finishing materials.

He also personally visited the interior of the units to examine problems such as leaks and internal cracks, pointing out that "the inconvenience caused by aging is at a serious level."

President Yoon Suk-yeol is inspecting the underground parking lot of an apartment complex at Baeksong Village 5th Complex in Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province on the 10th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Earlier, President Yoon pledged the enactment of the First-generation New Town Special Act during his presidential campaign and selected it as a national agenda after taking office.

Since then, President Yoon has requested the swift passage of the bill at senior secretaries' meetings and Cabinet meetings, stating, "The special act is essential not only for reconstruction but also for improving the residential environment and managing relocation demand."

In particular, on November 14 last year, during a Cabinet meeting, President Yoon requested, "Since the opposition party also agrees to the enactment of the special act, I ask the National Assembly to actively discuss it so that it can be passed within this year," which accelerated bipartisan agreement.

The special act, passed by the National Assembly in December last year, applies to sites larger than 1 million square meters that have been completed for more than 20 years after land development projects. It covers 51 areas nationwide, including first-generation new towns in the metropolitan area such as Bundang, Ilsan, Pyeongchon, Sanbon, and Jungdong, and will be enforced in April.

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