Jangdeung-dong, Dongsan-dong, Samgeo-dong and Jibyeong-dong among candidates
The site selection committee for the South Jeolla-Gwangju Integrated Special City's metropolitan waste recovery facility narrowed down nine candidate sites submitted by four autonomous districts to four on Monday.
After reviewing site conditions and input from the autonomous districts, the committee designated four locations as sites for investigation and evaluation: Jangdeung-dong in Buk-gu, and Dongsan-dong, Samgeo-dong and Jibyeong-dong in Gwangsan-gu.
The five excluded sites were dropped in line with district recommendations that they were "unsuitable as locations," as more than 70 percent of each fell within development restriction zone ratings 1 and 2, giving them high conservation value.
Two of those five also failed to meet application requirements related to either area size or the rate of resident consent.
To ensure transparency in the selection process, the committee decided to disclose the legal dong address, representative lot number, applicant category, applied area, resident consent rate and sale consent rate for each site.
The committee plans to conduct a feasibility study through a specialized agency and use the findings to comprehensively evaluate each site before finalizing the shortlist.
The feasibility study plan for the four designated sites will be announced Thursday in the official gazette, on the city's website and in daily newspapers, in accordance with Article 10 of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Promotion of Installation of Waste Management Facilities.
The city intends to determine and officially announce the final site after completing related procedures, including a strategic environmental impact assessment, for the final candidate location.
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