Oh Se-hoon Proposes Tancheon Instead of Yongsan... Meeting Kim Yoon-deok Today

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Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Yoon-deok and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon began a meeting shortly ago at 10:00 AM. While the government maintains its stance on building housing at the Yongsan Children's Garden, Mayor Oh has proposed the Tancheon Water Reclamation Center in Gangnam as an alternative site, drawing keen attention to whether the two sides can find common ground in this meeting.

Reporter Jeon Hyeong-u reports.

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Entering the park entrance, sports facilities such as a park and tennis courts are on the left, and water reclamation facilities are on the right.

This is Seoul's Tancheon Water Reclamation Center.

Spanning 393,000 square meters in Ilwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Daecheong Station on Subway Line 3 is right next to it.

Mt. Daemo is nearby, and the Tancheon stream flows right alongside it. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has proposed this location as a housing supply site for young people.

He argues that it is larger than the 300,000-square-meter Yongsan Children's Garden site, offers convenient transportation, and has better surrounding conditions such as the natural environment.

[Oh Se-hoon / Mayor of Seoul: (At Tancheon), it becomes possible to secure from 10,000 to 13,000 units. Instead of touching a part of the Yongsan Park that should be passed down to future generations, this is proposing an alternative where we can create a truly desirable residential complex.]

In particular, he argued that while relocating the water reclamation center and supplying housing at the site would take about 10 years, Yongsan could take up to 10 years just to begin construction once the relocation of the U.S. military base and the purification of contaminated soil are taken into account.

Regarding Mayor Oh's alternative site proposal, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport stated that it has not reviewed the area and has no specific stance.

At the National Assembly's Special Committee on Budget and Accounts, the government and the Democratic Party repeatedly reaffirmed their will to supply housing on the Yongsan Children's Garden site.

[Heo Jong-sik / Democratic Party of Korea Lawmaker: (The Seoul Metropolitan Government) is making such a fuss about building apartments on green spaces, which are the lungs of Seoul, and are you just going to stay still? It is right to build only on damaged areas, not the green spaces of Yongsan.]

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Land Minister Kim Yoon-deok have been holding a closed-door meeting since a short while ago.

The key issues are expected to be the housing supply issues at the Yongsan Children's Garden and the Tancheon Water Reclamation Center, as well as the transfer of licensing authority for maintenance projects of 500 households or fewer to autonomous districts.

(Video by Kim Heung-ki | Video Editing by Yoon Tae-ho)
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