Transition committee reviews implementation of 32 campaign pledges across 8 policy areas through departmental briefings and expert consultations; Yeongdeungpo's only mountain, Jwisan, eyed as potential tourism and recreation hub linking history, ecology and scenery
The transition committee of Yeongdeungpo-gu Mayor-elect Jo Yu-jin held an inauguration and launch ceremony on June 17, formally beginning its work.
The committee is chaired by Yu Gwang-sang, former head of the Seoul Mayor Scholarship Foundation, and comprises 15 transition members and 44 advisory members. Organized around three subcommittees — future vision, administrative innovation and urban safety — it is focused on identifying priorities and implementation plans for key issues and campaign pledge projects.
At the heart of the committee's work are 32 campaign pledges across 8 policy areas that Jo personally designed. The committee is reviewing the direction and feasibility of each pledge based on departmental briefings, expert consultations and on-site public input. The aim is to ensure that commitments made to residents during the election are incorporated into the governance of the ninth elected-term administration, with a focus on policy completeness and executability.
The committee has particularly turned its attention to Jwisan — Yeongdeungpo-gu's only mountain, named for its rat-like topography — and has begun discussions on developing it as a new tourism asset for a district that has in effect lacked mountain-linked attractions. Jwisan has long been underutilized as a local resource due to environmental damage and limited accessibility.
The committee plans to examine options for restoring and activating Jwisan. The longer-term goal is to connect it to the historical, ecological and scenic resources of the Han River, Anyangcheon stream and the Yanghwa-dong area to establish a distinctive tourism and recreation hub unique to Yeongdeungpo.
The initiative goes beyond simple green-space maintenance. The committee sees it as an urban regeneration project that revives the area's history and natural environment while providing residents with space for rest and leisure. The committee also plans to explore how the site can be used after restoration to make Jwisan a destination that showcases Yeongdeungpo's appeal to outside visitors.
In education, the committee has identified candidate sites for a planned premium education complex in the Singil area. The effort aims to dramatically improve the education environment in the Singil zone by balancing infrastructure expansion with equitable development across neighborhoods, with plans to develop a mixed-use education space integrating learning, culture and childcare functions.
In urban environment and pedestrian safety, the committee has also produced tangible results on quality-of-life issues. It expanded the scope of underground utility line projects, bringing the total number of target sites under review to five — up from the previous count — with the goal of improving the streetscape and raising standards for pedestrian safety and daily living.
The committee also worked with the Yeongdeungpo Police Station to cut the supplementary review period for crosswalk installations from three months to one. The streamlined process means safety infrastructure directly affecting residents' daily lives can be put in place more quickly.
"The transition committee's work is the process of turning the promises I made to residents into concrete action plans and charting a new future for Yeongdeungpo," Jo said. "Restoring Jwisan is an important starting point — it creates mountain-linked tourism assets that Yeongdeungpo never had before, and returns the area's history and nature to residents as their own."
"We will carefully review all 32 pledges across 8 policy areas and move quickly on those that can be realized immediately," Jo added. "We will deliver tangible change and results one by one in areas that touch residents' daily lives — education, urban environment, safety and tourism — and prove the future of 'the greatest Yeongdeungpo' through results."
Committee chair Yu Gwang-sang said the committee is focused on faithfully incorporating voices from the field and expert opinion. "We will continue to comprehensively review key issues throughout the remaining period of our work, so that policy momentum is secured from the very first day of the ninth elected-term administration," he said.
The committee will continue discussions by policy area and coordinate with relevant departments, compiling a roadmap and policy recommendations for each campaign pledge project to serve as the foundational material for governing Yeongdeungpo in the ninth elected term.
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