Gangnam-gu held its first reconstruction progress review meeting Wednesday, chaired by District Mayor Kim Hyun-gi, formally launching a direct oversight system for redevelopment sites scheduled to break ground under the ninth elected administration.
Heads of departments covering roads, flood control, parks and green spaces, traffic and the environment gathered to share project-by-project updates and establish a cross-departmental coordination framework aimed at accelerating reconstruction work.
The meeting was convened to proactively review the progress of major redevelopment projects and identify potential delays before they occur. It also marked the first progress-management meeting chaired by the district mayor to put into action the "Gangnam Reconstruction Acceleration Partnership (Sinhwa) Project" — the first official order Kim signed on his first day in office.
Gangnam-gu currently has 103 redevelopment and improvement projects underway, including 53 reconstruction sites. The meeting was attended by the district mayor, the director of the urban environment bureau, the head of the reconstruction project division, and department heads overseeing infrastructure including roads, flood control, parks, traffic, the environment and architecture. Participants focused on construction schedules and key issues at sites slated to break ground — projects directly tied to the ninth administration's housing supply targets.
The district aims to deliver a total of 27,330 housing units by 2030 by keeping all target projects on schedule. Annual ground-breaking targets are set at 2,560 units in 2027, 8,550 in 2028, 5,600 in 2029 and 10,620 in 2030.
At the meeting, Kim cited the approval of the Eunma Apartment project implementation plan as a model for early inter-agency consultation. In processing that approval, Gangnam-gu completed consultations with roughly 80 departments and agencies and a public review, finishing 33 days ahead of the statutory 60-day deadline. The district plans to use that case as a benchmark for managing key redevelopment projects and significantly cutting permit processing times.
"Every morning when I come in, the first thing I do is receive a briefing from the reconstruction task force," Kim said. "Going forward, I will personally review the progress of each project and put in place a management system that resolves delays immediately." He added, "I will show that reconstruction can move at a different pace when the district mayor is directly involved."
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