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Osan City’s 9th Transition Committee Unveils Blueprint for a Growth-Oriented City

Committee Announces Five Major Goals and Ten Key Strategies at Citizen Report Meeting

Focus on Expanding Metropolitan Transportation Network with GTX-C and Bundang Line Extensions

Integrated Master Plan for Segyo Districts 1, 2, and 3 to Power the City’s Growth Engine

Standing at a critical crossroads of population growth and urban development, Osan City in Gyeonggi Province has declared a major transition toward becoming a "self-sustaining growth city" ahead of the launch of its 9th popularly elected administration. The city plans to transform itself from a mere residential satellite city into an economic hub powered by AI and the semiconductor industry.

The Osan City Mayor's Transition Committee for the 9th term (Chairman Seungkyum Kim) is holding a citizen briefing session on the 29th at the Osak Culture and Sports Center.

The Transition Committee for the 9th Term of the Mayor of Osan City, chaired by Seungkyum Kim, held a citizen report meeting on the 29th at the Osaek Culture and Sports Center and unveiled the city administration blueprint under the core vision of "Osan, a growth city opened together with citizens." Since its launch on the 15th, the 9th administration's "century-long plan," which was refined through visits to 14 sites, has finally been revealed.

Among the five major city administration goals announced that day, the most notable is "a city connected in all directions." The transition committee placed the extension of the GTX-C line and the resumption of the Bundang Line extension project as the highest priorities among its ten strategic projects to address Osan’s chronic transportation issues. The strategy is to solidify Osan’s position as a key transport hub by rapidly expanding major arterial roads, such as the Gyeongbu Line railway overpass.

In the economic sector, the focus is on "structural improvement." By centering development around Segyo District 3 and Unamddeul, the city aims to establish a foundation for the AI and semiconductor materials, parts, and equipment industry to create future growth engines. In particular, Osan plans to draw up an integrated master plan covering Segyo Districts 1, 2, and 3 to efficiently reorganize the urban spatial structure and promote balanced regional development by simultaneously regenerating the old city center.

Administrative innovation is also on the horizon. The transition committee plans to establish a new organization dedicated to youth policy, build a welfare town for people with disabilities, and focus resources on eliminating welfare blind spots such as lifecycle-based safe care. Initiatives such as the "AI-based Smart Sports City," proposed by the advisory committee, are expected to become new urban brands for Osan.

Chairman Kim Seungkyum of the transition committee emphasized, "Osan is now at an important turning point that will determine the city’s stature," and added, "We are mobilizing all our capabilities to create a self-sustaining city where development, transportation, and industry work seamlessly together like interlocking gears."

Mayor-elect Choyongho stated, "The reason for the existence of the 9th administration is to effect practical changes in citizens’ lives," and expressed his ambition, saying, "I will become a 'problem-solving mayor' who addresses the most pressing issues for citizens—such as transportation, economy, and welfare—starting with what they feel most urgently."

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