Osan-si "90% Satisfaction with 8th Term Elected Policy"

High Praise for GTX-C Extension and Segyo 3 District Designation
Mayor Ikwonjae: "Will Enhance Satisfaction through Continuous Communication and Cooperation"

'Metropolitan Area Express Train (GTX) Line C extension, designation of Segyo 3 District….' These are policies that received high evaluations in a survey conducted by Osan City, Gyeonggi Province, targeting citizens at the midpoint of the 8th term of the mayoral administration.

Osan City announced on the 2nd that in a survey on city administration and policy satisfaction conducted for Osan citizens on the 2nd anniversary of the 8th term, 9 out of 10 respondents gave positive evaluations. In the survey, 82.7% of respondents answered that they were 'generally satisfied,' and the response rate for 'very satisfied' was 7.5%. The survey was conducted by the research firm Woori Research from June 3 to June 16 over 14 days, targeting 700 men and women aged 18 or older residing in Osan City, using a one-on-one face-to-face survey method. The sampling error is ±3.7 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

Regarding the 10 major pledges of the 8th term, satisfaction was highest in the order of ▲GTX-C Line extension to Osan (100%) ▲Designation of Segyo 3 District as a public housing district (94.6%) ▲Full-scale promotion of the Gyeongbu Line railway crossing road (91.1%) ▲Completion of Gajang 3 General Industrial Complex (87.5%) ▲Subdivision of Daewon-dong and Sinjang-dong (86.2%).

An official from Osan City stated, "The top five tasks are projects that Mayor Lee Gwon-jae has focused on for two years," adding, "In particular, citizens showed high interest in transportation and advanced industries."

Previously, Mayor Lee devoted great effort to the designation of Segyo 3 District, considering it the foundation of all pledge projects. Based on this, he secured the extension of GTX-C to Osan. In the road traffic sector, the Gyeongbu Line railway crossing road project, which had been stalled for the past eight years due to cost-sharing issues with the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), has been reapproved and is scheduled to begin construction in October.

Satisfaction with citizen-experienced projects was also high. These included ▲Creation of resident leisure facilities (84.6%) ▲Opening of the Western Bypass Road and Osan City Hall underground underpass (82.6%) ▲Promotion of educational projects for nurturing future talents (71.3%) ▲Christmas market implementation (70.2%) ▲Policies for protection and care of infants and children (66.7%).

Lee Gwon-jae, Mayor of Osan.
[Photo by Osan City]

Policy tasks for the second half of the 8th term were also presented. In the urban environment and transportation sector, the demand for 'improvement of the transportation system and road construction' was highest at 30.8%. In the economy and jobs sector, the need for 'creation of a semiconductor specialized city and job creation' ranked first with 33.2%. In the culture, sports, and tourism sector, 'expansion of living cultural infrastructure (33.2%)' was prominent, while in the welfare, health, and education sector, the demand for 'strengthening customized welfare policies for childcare, children, youth, and the elderly (35.5%)' was high.

Regarding the urban image Osan City should pursue, respondents answered ▲Innovative economic city (40.3%) ▲Welfare and health city (37.7%) in order. Conversely, the response rates for ▲Eco-friendly city (8.5%) ▲Cultural and arts city (7.7%) ▲Knowledge and education city (5.8%) were low.

Mayor Lee Gwon-jae said, "The results of this survey indicate that citizens want the major policies of the 8th term city administration to be implemented more rapidly and innovatively," adding, "We will continue to enhance citizen satisfaction and conduct trusted administration through ongoing communication and cooperation."