"Pick the Top 10 News of the Year"... Yangcheon-gu Conducts Online Voting

Vote for 5 out of 24 Policy Candidate Projects
50 Participants Selected to Receive Prizes

Yangcheon-gu, Seoul (Mayor Lee Gi-jae) announced on the 29th that it will conduct an online vote until the 12th of next month to select the ‘Top 10 News of Yangcheon-gu’ most loved by residents among the various policies introduced throughout 2024.

The ‘Top 10 News of Yangcheon-gu’ was prepared to review the major projects that were meaningful to residents this year and to enhance pride and interest in the district administration. Through this vote, the district plans to select the top 10 projects that gained residents’ sympathy and reflect their opinions in policy-making to create a better Yangcheon-gu.

The 24 projects selected as candidates this year were chosen by comprehensively considering factors such as improving residents’ quality of life, resolving long-standing issues, expanding convenience in daily life, administrative innovation cases, and media attention.

2024 Yangcheon-gu Top 10 News Participation Promotion Poster. Provided by Yangcheon-gu.

The main candidate projects include ▲Resolving the height limit issue in Mokdong Complexes 1 to 3 (Mokdong Greenway) ▲Joint feasibility study for the extension of Sinjeong branch line to Gimpo between Yangcheon-gu and Gimpo City ▲Successful hosting of the district’s first representative festival, ‘Yangcheon Family Street Festival’ ▲Support for Gimpo Airport usage fees for residents affected by airport noise, the first in the metropolitan area ▲Warm shelter, food, and clothing projects as a safety net for vulnerable groups ▲Opening of Yangcheon Education Support Center for one-stop integrated support in learning, college admission, and career ▲Promotion of 66 districts for rapid reconstruction and redevelopment to create future-oriented premium residential complexes, among other long-standing and daily life-related projects.

The voting is conducted online on the survey board of the Yangcheon-gu Office website, and anyone interested in Yangcheon-gu can participate by selecting 5 out of the 24 candidate policies.

To encourage active participation, the district will randomly draw 50 participants to receive coffee gifticons. The voting results will be announced in December, and the district plans to share the major achievements of 2024 and wrap up the year through the top 10 news directly chosen by residents.

Meanwhile, in last year’s ‘2023 Yangcheon Top 10 News’ vote, the top three were ▲Construction of a large public sports center in the Western Truck Terminal Urban High-tech Logistics Complex ▲Final approval of safety inspections for the reconstruction of aging apartments such as Mokdong Apartments and Sinwol Siyoung Apartments, which had been stalled ▲Proposal of an improved preliminary feasibility study method for the Mokdong Line and other light rail projects.

Mayor Lee Gi-jae said, “We always consider what projects residents truly want, how satisfied they are, and what areas are lacking,” adding, “We will look back on the year through the top 10 news selected directly by residents and do our best to make Yangcheon-gu an even better place to live in the new year.”

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