Incheon City Accelerates Redevelopment of Five Aging Planned Districts Including Guwol and Yeonsu...Pilot Districts Open for Applications

Incheon City is accelerating its redevelopment projects to improve the residential environment of aging planned residential districts and transform them into sustainable future cities.

On May 27, the city announced that it will be accepting applications for pilot districts for redevelopment projects in five large-scale planned districts—Guwol, Yeonsu·Seonhak, Mansu 1·2·3, Galsan·Bupyeong·Bugae, and Gyesan—until June 1.

The city plans to make the final selection of pilot districts in August after consultations with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Once designated as a pilot district, a special redevelopment plan will be established first, enabling the project to move forward more quickly.

Location map of the Incheon Old Planning City project area. Provided by Incheon City

Additionally, the city will announce the '2035 Incheon City Basic Plan for Redevelopment of Aging Planned Cities' this October after review by the Central Special Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. This plan aims not only to improve the residential environment but also to systematically and comprehensively restructure the urban spatial structure.

In Incheon, under the 'Special Act on Redevelopment and Support for Aging Planned Cities' enacted in 2024, five districts with an area of over 1 million square meters and developed more than 20 years ago have been designated as special redevelopment targets.

The city aims to transform these districts into future-oriented cities by 2035, pursuing improvements to living social overhead capital (SOC), introducing AI robot-based residential environments, and implementing urban air mobility (UAM) systems as part of future transportation infrastructure.

An official from Incheon City stated, "Establishing the basic plan for the redevelopment of aging planned cities will be an important turning point in enhancing Incheon's urban competitiveness," and added, "We will spare no administrative support to ensure that these aging planned cities can be reborn as sustainable future cities."

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