Public Hearing on Large-scale SOC Development in Western and Eastern Gyeonggi... 14 Cities and Counties from the 28th of This Month

Poster for the Gyeonggi-do Western and Eastern SOC Major Development Public Hearing

Gyeonggi Province will hold public hearings on the ‘Gyeonggi Western and Eastern SOC Grand Development’ until the end of next month.

On the 23rd, Gyeonggi Province announced that starting from October 28 in Paju and Yeoju, public hearings on the ‘Gyeonggi Western and Eastern SOC Grand Development’ will be held in 14 cities and counties up to Gwangju on November 22.

These public hearings will be hosted by the respective cities and counties, with Gyeonggi Province participating in the form of discussions and briefings to explain the vision and rationale of the Western and Eastern SOC Grand Development plan and to gather opinions from residents.

Gyeonggi Province will prepare various content to encourage many residents to attend the public hearings. The schedule will be announced through the websites of Gyeonggi Province and the cities and counties, local news on Danggeun Market, Naver brand search advertisements, social networking services (SNS), and promotional videos will be posted on Gyeonggi Province’s YouTube channel and News Plaza.

The SOC Grand Development is a Kim Dong-yeon-style provincial-city-county cooperative project that visits local sites to promote balanced development in areas neglected from infrastructure development such as roads and railways. After the project was launched in February, meetings were held over two months in April and May in 14 cities and counties, mainly with members of the National Assembly and local officials. About 1,000 people participated, forming a consensus on the grand development plan, discussing new projects within the SOC Grand Development framework, and reflecting them through a deliberation process.

Through these public hearings, opinions from local residents and others will be collected to refine the plan, and a feasible final plan will be prepared and announced in December.

Lee Gye-sam, Director of the Urban Housing Office of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "The Gyeonggi Western and Eastern SOC Grand Development is the first large-scale, mid- to long-term public-private cooperative development plan created together by Gyeonggi Province, cities and counties, and residents. Through the public opinion gathering and deliberation process, we will enhance the completeness of the grand development plan."

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