Competition Among Three Regions Over Cremation Facility in Icheon City

Two Applications in Daewol-myeon, One in Yul-myeon
Hyojawon Fails to Meet Document Review Criteria

Three locations have emerged as contenders for the cremation facility project promoted by Icheon City, Gyeonggi Province.

On the 5th, Icheon City announced that a total of four areas had submitted applications in response to the public recruitment notice for cremation facility installation sites, which closed at the end of last month. The city plans to select the final candidate site after screening three locations, excluding one that failed to meet the document review criteria.

According to the city, the applicants are ▲ Gusi-ri, Daewol-myeon ▲ Dori-ri, Daewol-myeon ▲ Wolpo 1-ri, Yul-myeon ▲ and Hyojawon Co., Ltd. However, the city explained that Hyojawon did not meet the document review criteria regarding resident consent forms and site area requirements. During the recruitment process, the city had set conditions such as submitting resident consent forms from the applicant area and consent forms from representatives of adjacent areas, considering the special nature of funeral facilities.

The three applicant areas are relatively underdeveloped compared to neighboring villages, and some local residents expressed hopes that "through this opportunity, the installation of infrastructure for regional development and other development activities will help transform the community into a convenient and pleasant place to live."

The city plans to conduct a first document review, a second on-site investigation, and a third proposal presentation and final evaluation within this month to select the final project site. A city official stated, "Once the site is confirmed, we will promptly proceed with the preliminary administrative procedures for constructing the cremation facility."

Previously, the city had launched a public recruitment for a municipal cremation facility in 2019 and selected Sujeong-ri, Bubal-eup as the target site in August of the following year. However, due to opposition from neighboring local governments and controversies over administrative procedural flaws, the project was delayed and eventually canceled in September last year.

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