The Jeongneung public bus depot in Seongbuk District, Seoul, will be transformed into a mixed-use platform with facilities such as a swimming pool, a multipurpose gymnasium, a fitness center, and bus transport facilities.
Oh Se-hoon, the Seoul mayor, visited the Jeongneung public bus depot at 771-7 Jeongneung-dong on the 21st and announced the plan to push forward with this mixed-use development.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government drew up a basic concept plan to introduce community amenities by utilizing the upper level of the depot. It will request a central investment review from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in June and move forward with follow-up procedures such as design and construction.
This basic concept was prepared through a study in September last year, reducing the project cost by 10% while maintaining the use and building scale of the existing project plan and securing a temporary depot near the site.
If the project proceeds as planned, the Jeongneung bus depot will be built with two underground floors and three above-ground floors, with a total floor area of 7,338 square meters. A bus staging area (a place where vehicles wait) will be on the first floor above ground, a swimming pool on the first basement level, and a multipurpose gymnasium and a fitness center will be placed on the second and third floors above ground, respectively.
The entire project cost, about 40 billion won, will be covered by the Seoul Metropolitan Government's budget. As it falls under a new sports facility project of 30 billion won or more, it is subject to a central investment review by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.