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The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is pushing for a plan to apply differential public parking fees based on regional parking demand. While the initiative aims to raise rates in downtown commercial areas to increase vehicle turnover and reduce the burden in residential areas, residents facing higher parking fees are already pushing back.
JIBS reporter Kim Jae-yeon has the story.
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A public parking lot in Yeon-dong, Jeju City.
Vehicles continuously pull in from early in the morning, searching for empty spaces.
This comes as Jeju Province is pursuing a plan to adjust parking fees based on regional parking demand.
Residents are expressing frustration, pointing out that parking spaces are already scarce and now fees are going up.
[Yeon-dong Resident: If the monthly parking fee goes up, it becomes really inconvenient for us neighborhood residents. We actually hoped they would expand this facility so that more people could use it. Honestly, since this is downtown.]
Jeju Province has prepared an improvement plan to subdivide the current two-tier grading system, which is split into dong and eup-myeon regions, into three tiers.
Downtown commercial areas with concentrated parking demand, such as Nohyeong-dong, Yeon-dong, and Leedo 2-dong, will be classified as Tier 1.
Under the improvement plan, Tier 2 fees will remain at current levels, while Tier 3 fees will be reduced by up to around 40 percent.
On the other hand, for Tier 1, the fee for exceeding the first 30 minutes of parking will increase by 40 percent, from 1,000 won to 1,400 won.
In addition, the fee charged for every 15 minutes thereafter will rise from 500 won to 700 won.
[Ko Young-pyo / Head of Transportation and Aviation Policy Division, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province: We prepared this improvement plan to increase parking turnover in areas with high parking demand while reducing the fee burden in areas with relatively lower demand, thereby promoting the use of public parking lots.]
The concern is that the heavier burden of parking fees could drive vehicles into nearby backstreets.
Starting with a public hearing to gather residents opinions, Jeju Province plans to pursue revisions to the relevant ordinances in the first half of next year.
(Video by Ko Seung-han / JIBS)
Kim Jae-yeon, JIBS
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