Seongnam City Halts Pangyo Botdeul Reservoir Development...Decides to Preserve Site in Line with Residents' Views

Final Conclusion Reached by Municipal Administration Coordination Committee
Reservoir to Be Maintained in Its Current State
To Be Used as a Space for Citizens' Sports and Leisure Activities

On February 10, Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Shin Sangjin) held a Municipal Administration Coordination Committee meeting and decided to halt the Pangyo Botdeul Reservoir mixed-use development project and to preserve the existing reservoir.

Panoramic view of Botdeul Jeoryuji in Pangyo, Seongnam City. Photo by Seongnam City

The city resolved to discontinue the project at this meeting of the Municipal Administration Coordination Committee after comprehensively considering changes in the overall conditions, including strong opposition to the project from many local residents and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's January 29 announcement of the "Measures to Expand and Expedite Housing Supply in Urban Areas," under which two new public housing districts are to be developed within Seongnam.

Under this decision, Botdeul Reservoir will, as it does now, continue to serve its function as a detention reservoir, while in normal times being used as a space for residents' sports and leisure activities.

The Pangyo Botdeul Reservoir mixed-use development project had been promoted as a housing supply project to enhance proximity between jobs and housing in Pangyo Techno Valley by supplying 342 public housing units and 304 job-linked supportive housing units at the Botdeul Reservoir site at 667 Sampyeong-dong in Bundang-gu, and by establishing a public library, a startup center, and a specialized street.

The project aimed to improve residential conditions in the Pangyo area; however, since a project briefing session was held in October last year, collective civil complaints have been continuously raised, expressing concerns over worsening traffic congestion, damage to the natural environment, impairment of the urban landscape, and deterioration of the residential environment due to population growth.

On January 26, Seongnam City held a residents' briefing session at the Sampyeong-dong Administrative Welfare Center to hear the opinions of residents in the Sampyeong-dong and Baekhyeon-dong areas. At the meeting, Seongnam Mayor Shin Sangjin expressed sympathy with residents' views and stated that he would reach a conclusion on the direction of the project through the Municipal Administration Coordination Committee, which deliberates and decides on major policy matters requiring the mayor's determination.

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