The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport building. [The Herald Business DB]
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport building. [The Herald Business DB]

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said it will hold an appointment ceremony for the second-term private-sector members of the Special Committee on Aging Planned City Renewal at Government Complex Sejong on Monday, followed by the committee's fifth session to review Daejeon's master plan for aging planned city renewal.

Aging planned city renewal goes beyond renovating deteriorating housing — it is an urban regeneration initiative that also upgrades infrastructure such as transportation networks and parks to revitalize entire cities.

At the opening meeting, the committee will receive a briefing on the progress and future direction of aging planned city renewal efforts, then deliberate on the "2035 Daejeon Aging Planned City Renewal Master Plan."

The Special Committee on Aging Planned City Renewal is a statutory deliberative and decision-making body established under the Special Act on the Renewal and Support of Aging Planned Cities. It reviews and approves major policies, basic guidelines and master plans related to aging planned city renewal.

The committee is chaired by the minister of land, infrastructure and transport and comprises 30 members in total — 13 vice-minister-level government officials and 16 private-sector experts. Second-term private-sector members will serve two-year terms.

Building on the policy foundation laid by the first term, the second-term committee will review and approve key policies and master plans to ensure that aging planned city renewal projects — now spreading nationwide — deliver tangible results for residents and a stable housing supply.

At this session, the committee will vote on a progress report on aging planned city renewal and the 2035 Daejeon master plan, and separately review master plan proposals for the Dunsan district and the Songchon, Jungni and Beopdeong districts.

The Daejeon master plan is the second outside the Greater Seoul area to go before the special committee — after Busan — and the first from the Chungcheong region. A ministry official said the plan marks "an important turning point as aging planned city renewal expands beyond the metropolitan area to the provinces, and carries great significance as the starting point for urban regeneration in the Chungcheong region."

Once the Daejeon master plan is finalized, subsequent procedures will follow, leading to the establishment of special renewal plans and the designation of special renewal zones as full-scale redevelopment gets underway.

The ministry will visit Daejeon's aging planned cities directly and, together with renewal support agencies including the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) and the Korea Real Estate Board, hold resident briefing sessions and provide one-on-one consultations and advisory services.

Land Minister Kim Yun-deok said the government expects the second-term Special Committee on Aging Planned City Renewal to play a central role in ensuring that renewal projects spreading across the country deliver results residents can feel and a stable housing supply. "The government will also work closely with local authorities to actively support the projects so they can move forward with momentum," he added.


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