The Songtan Water Source Protection Zone, which has been binding a vast area of Yongin for 45 years, has finally been lifted. Yongin Special City has set a turning point for regional development and property rights exercise by freeing the regulatory shackles on 64.43㎢ (approximately 19.5 million pyeong) of Namsa and Idong towns.
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Yongin Special City (Mayor Lee Sang-il) announced on the 23rd that Gyeonggi Province approved the change (lifting) of the Songtan water source protection zone and announced it. Accordingly, the water source protection zone and factory establishment restriction/approval zone that had regulated a vast area of Yongin for 45 years since its designation in 1979 have been completely lifted.
The Songtan Water Source Protection Area was established to provide Pyeongtaek City with water for domestic use, but it has severely restricted citizens’ property rights and city development on a 64.43㎢ (19.5 million pyeong) area of land in Namsa and Idong-eup, Yongin. This is equivalent to 11% of the total area of Yongin and 53% of the total area of Suwon City.
The decisive factor for this lifting was Yongin City’s attraction of the Advanced System Semiconductor National Industrial Complex. As part of the national industrial complex, where Samsung Electronics invested 360 trillion won to build a semiconductor production line and 150 related companies, was included in the water source protection zone, Yongin Special City began consultations with related organizations such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Environment, and Pyeongtaek City, and achieved full lifting in April 2023.
With this deregulation, Yongin Special City will be able to more smoothly promote the development of a cutting-edge semiconductor industrial complex. Mayor Lee Sang-il said, “I am deeply moved that the vast lands of Namsa and Idong-eup have been freed from 45 years of regulations,” and emphasized, “I will establish a well-organized development plan with citizens to make the deregulation area a new growth ground for Yongin.”
In addition, the area surrounding the national industrial complex will be developed in harmony with nature, including not only corporate housing but also housing, cultural arts, and sports spaces. The mayor said that he will establish a systematic plan to prevent overdevelopment and make every effort to manage the water quality of Jinwicheon, which flows into Pyeongtaek Lake.
This deregulation is considered another great achievement following the deregulation of 3.728㎢ (1.128 million pyeong) of waterside areas in Pogok, Mohyeon-eup, and Yubang-dong in November last year. Mayor Lee Sang-il said, “I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the relevant organizations that helped in the deregulation process and the public officials who worked hard,” and “We will use this achievement as an opportunity to further solidify the foundation for Yongin’s future development.”
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