Objections to Public Project Land Expropriation Can Also Be Filed via 'Internet'

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

From now on, objections to land expropriation related to public interest projects can also be submitted online. Until now, objections had to be made by registered mail or by visiting the provincial government office.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that it has launched the website of the 'Gyeonggi Provincial Land Expropriation Committee' (www.gg.go.kr/localcomm) to accept online objections in order to protect the property rights of residents whose land is expropriated during the implementation of public interest projects.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Land Expropriation Committee operates under the "Act on Acquisition and Compensation of Land, etc. for Public Works" and plays a role in conducting expropriation decisions upon the request of the project implementer when negotiations between the implementer and the owner fail and a decision is unavoidable.

If there is an objection to the expropriation decision, it must be submitted to the Central Land Expropriation Committee through the Gyeonggi Provincial Land Expropriation Committee within 30 days from the date of receipt of the official decision document. Until now, objections were mainly submitted by registered mail, causing inconvenience.

However, with the launch of this website, landowners can now submit objections from their homes through the website without having to visit the post office or provincial government office in person.

Additionally, without making a phone inquiry, they can check information on expropriation decisions by the Gyeonggi Provincial Land Expropriation Committee and the progress of their own objection submissions.

Meanwhile, over the past three years, the Gyeonggi Provincial Land Expropriation Committee has handled a total of 22,574 decisions, of which 5,612 people submitted objections, recording an objection rate of 24.8% compared to the total number of decisions.

Kim Su-hyung, Director of the Regional Policy Division of Gyeonggi Province, emphasized, "We will continue to do our best to ensure prompt and accurate decisions so that residents whose valuable property is inevitably expropriated due to public interest projects do not suffer any damage."

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