Daegu City Councilor Cho Kyunggu Proposes Ordinance: Incentives for Opening Parking Lots in Downtown Department Stores and Office Buildings

Reduction of Traffic Inducement Charges
As a Measure to Alleviate Downtown Parking Shortages

Daegu City Council member Cho Kyungku (People Power Party, Suseong-gu 2) announced on the 20th that he had proposed the "Partial Amendment Ordinance on the Reduction of Traffic Inducement Charges in Daegu" during the 315th temporary session.

Cho Kyungku pointed out, "A parking policy focused on building new parking facilities not only burdens the budget but is also inefficient in solving downtown parking problems due to the long time required." He explained the policy significance of the ordinance amendment, stating, "Efficiently utilizing existing annexed parking lots can be a very effective and eco-friendly alternative to solving downtown parking shortages."

Daegu City Council Member Kyunggu Jo

The main content of this ordinance is to provide incentives for reducing traffic inducement charges to owners of facilities who open their annexed parking lots to the public or provide real-time information on their availability.

A Daegu City Council official said, "The purpose of this ordinance is to reduce annual traffic inducement charges by hundreds of millions of won if private facilities such as department stores, marts, general hospitals, and office buildings in downtown Daegu open their parking lots to the public," adding, "This has already been implemented in Seoul, Busan, and Incheon."

Cho Kyungku expressed his expectations, saying, "Despite efforts to improve the parking environment, such as expanding public parking lots, Daegu's parking space supply rate remains the lowest among the special metropolitan cities," and "If annexed parking lots of large facilities are actively opened, the downtown parking shortage is expected to be dramatically improved." As of 2023, the national average supply rate for the seven major special metropolitan cities was 117.7%, but Daegu remained at 97.4%.

Meanwhile, the amendment is scheduled to be finalized after a vote at the second plenary session on the 27th.

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