Goyang Special City (Mayor Lee Dong-hwan) holds a communication meeting every year to listen to residents’ inconveniences and major local issues directly on site and reflect them in city administration. The communication meeting with residents of 2024-dong, now in its third year, started in Daehwa-dong, Ilsanseo-gu on July 22 and ended in Samsong 2-dong, Deokyang-gu on December 26.
Goyang Special Mayor Lee Dong-hwan said, “We visited 44 districts in Goyang City and had a valuable time listening to the various opinions of residents and thinking together. As communication is the driving force behind municipal administration, we will continue to make changes that citizens can experience through policies that incorporate voices from the field.” “I will create it,” he said.
There are many opinions on expanding public convenience facilities that are closely related to daily life… Set priorities and implement them step by step
A total of 211 suggestions were received at the 44 communication meetings held this year. The contents were in the following order: 68 cases of public facility expansion, 53 cases of urban environment improvement, 40 cases of parking and traffic improvement, and 20 cases of disaster prevention and safety.
To relieve the inconveniences in daily life, most residents requested the expansion of bus routes, and some suggested the installation of bus shelters. Requests were made to improve old sidewalks and expand roads, as well as to repair old exercise equipment and install public restrooms in village parks.
In addition, there were many requests to solve the chronic parking problem, and there were also suggestions to consider building a separate office building or relocating to solve the problem of lack of space at the narrow administrative welfare center.
Mayor Lee Dong-hwan responded that he would quickly handle areas that can be addressed immediately, such as facility maintenance. However, it was announced that projects that require a large budget, such as road expansion, will be prioritized and promoted step by step, starting with the most urgent areas, taking into account the city’s financial conditions.
In particular, he sympathizes with the feelings of residents who are experiencing inconvenience in using bus routes, but since the annual budget for bus maintenance is close to 80 billion won, he said that not only the simple expansion should be promoted, but also an overall review of bus routes in the area. emphasized.
Meanwhile, for the safety of vehicles and pedestrians, the city will secure new road widths of more than 10 m and pedestrian roads of more than 3 m, and replace existing sidewalk blocks with large sidewalk blocks that can be used continuously to improve convenience and save budget. I plan to do it.
Requests for improvement of urban environment such as riverside maintenance received… Share the city’s major policies and progress
Following the expansion of public convenience facilities, an issue that had many suggestions from residents was the improvement of the urban environment. Among them, the most common were requests for improvement of the riverside environment, and there were also suggestions to solve the livestock odor problem. In addition, various opinions were presented, such as strengthening smoking cessation guidance and enforcement, installing pet waste bag boxes, and creating specialized streets.
The city plans to use the 2025 budget to periodically weed bikes and embankment roads along the river, and is also considering creating trails and planting trees.
Regarding bad odors coming from livestock farms in Gusan-dong and Gajwa-dong, we are regularly checking whether the livestock waste purification facilities are operating normally and the quality of the effluent water, and we plan to actively recommend farm owners to replace the purification facility filters and clean the interior.
In addition, residents’ voices were loud about measures to prevent flooding caused by sudden heavy rain last summer. In particular, there were many requests to prepare measures to prevent flooding in low-lying areas, including Heungdo-dong and Tanhyeon District 2, which recently suffered flooding.
The city plans to install a 19,900㎥ underground storage tank in the lower part of Charcoal Pass Park in Tanhyeon-dong to prepare for rainfall that occurs every 50 years, and has decided to increase drainage treatment capacity by expanding the Gangmae drainage pumping station and expanding the Sinpyeong drainage pumping station reservoir. In addition, they announced that they are expanding the installation of automatic entry blocking facilities in underground passages within the district and are planning to pilot operation of evacuation shelters to enable escape in case of flooding.
Meanwhile, at the communication meeting, the city’s major policies and progress were also shared. Mayor Lee Dong-hwan said, “Goyang City was designated as a pilot area for special education development zones in February and as a venture business development promotion zone in October, and we expect that the synergy between projects will be maximized if the current free economic zone designation project is successfully completed. “He said.
He continued, “We will continue to pour all our passion into Goyang City’s sustainable growth and improve the quality of life of its residents,” and added, “Please look forward to and watch the moment when our efforts bear fruit.”
Economy Queen Reporter Hongmi Kim / Photo Goyang City
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