The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will hold a workshop to enhance the capabilities of local government officials to support the maintenance of aging planned cities nationwide at the Korea Research Institute for the next 6th.
About 100 people will attend this workshop, led by the head of the city's maintenance planning division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, including representatives from over 20 local governments of aging planned cities and five supporting organizations (Korea Research Institute, Korea Land Information Corporation, Korea Transport Institute, Korea Real Estate Board, Korea Legislation Research Institute).
Since the implementation of the special law in April last year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has formed a council consisting of 23 local governments nationwide through demand surveys and has regularly checked the progress of basic plan establishment for aging planned city local governments through council meetings.
This year, three new local governments, including Gwangju Metropolitan City, Chungcheongbuk-do, and Chungju, have joined, and five local governments have commissioned the establishment of new basic plans, which the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport noted indicates growing interest in the maintenance projects for aging planned cities nationwide.
To ensure the smooth implementation of nationwide maintenance projects for aging planned cities and to support the capacity enhancement of local government officials in charge of maintenance projects, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport decided to replace council meetings with maintenance project workshops.
During this workshop, the Korea Research Institute will present a direction for establishing basic plans for local governments nationwide based on the case of first-generation new towns, and the Korea Land Information Corporation will show visualization methods for living conditions, including automated site layout and simulations.
The Korea Transport Institute plans to assess metropolitan traffic issues by type and suggest improvements, while the Korea Real Estate Board will explain the procedures for carrying out maintenance projects and differences between general reconstruction, and the Korea Legislation Research Institute will discuss how to draft local government ordinances.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported that 14 aging planned cities nationwide, excluding first-generation new towns, have begun to establish basic plans last year, and that an additional 14 aging planned cities will start by May this year (totaling 10 local governments and 28 cities), which is expected to put the maintenance of aging planned cities nationwide on the right track.
The five supporting organizations that will present topics at the workshop plan to actively support local governments in establishing basic plans this year, particularly the Korea Research Institute, which has been entrusted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to support the establishment of basic plans, will provide full support from the establishment to approval of the basic plans for local governments starting in March.
Starting this year, the basic plans established by metropolitan local governments will be approved directly after review by the special committee on the maintenance of aging planned cities, and guidelines for the review will be developed in the first half of the year to support the establishment of high-quality basic plans.
Jeong Woo-jin, head of the city's maintenance planning division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "To successfully promote the maintenance project for aging planned cities, it is essential for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, local governments, and supporting organizations to concentrate their capabilities as one team," and added, "This year, we will continue to check the progress of local governments' maintenance projects for aging planned cities through quarterly nationwide councils and monthly visits to future city support centers, and we will actively support the projects to ensure they proceed without disruption, including providing tailored counseling to residents."