YONGIN — A plan by Yongin to build the Gwanggyo Sports Center and related public facilities in Sanghyeon-dong, Suji-gu, has cleared Gyeonggi Province's review of local fiscal investment with conditions attached.
The city said on the 13th that the project won conditional approval at the province's third regular local fiscal investment review of 2026, held late last month.
The approval allows Yongin to move faster on the administrative steps that follow. Residents of Suji-gu have long called for a combined community sports and administrative complex. Projects that require large outlays by a local government must pass a fiscal investment review that examines the need for the project, its feasibility and how it will be funded.
Based on the outcome, the city plans to carry out the related procedures in stages starting next year. It will include the relevant costs in its 2027 main budget to commission a construction feasibility study and architectural planning services and to draw up a public property management plan. A design competition is planned for 2028, followed by basic and detailed design work, with construction set to begin in 2030 and completion targeted for July 2032.
In the review, Gyeonggi Province asked the city to prepare plans for managing and operating the facility efficiently. It also cited user convenience, facility safety and improved energy efficiency as areas needing further work. Yongin said it will reflect those comments in the design process and flesh out operating plans for each facility, with the aim of creating a public complex that residents can use safely and conveniently.
The complex will be built on a cultural and welfare facility site at 1222 Sanghyeon-dong in Suji-gu. The site covers 6,155 square meters, and the building is planned with two basement levels and five above-ground floors for a total floor area of 18,263 square meters. The project will cost 102.8 billion won ($72 million), of which 24.9 billion won will come from development gains generated by the Gwanggyo district land development project. The city said it will reinvest those gains in local public facilities to benefit residents.
The complex will house a swimming pool with 10 lanes of 25 meters each and a multipurpose gymnasium. The Sanghyeon 3-dong community service center and a residents' autonomy center will also be located there, allowing residents to use sports facilities and administrative services in one place.
Yongin Mayor Lee Sang-il said the complex is an example of returning development gains from the Gwanggyo new town to residents by reinvesting them in local public facilities. "Now that clearing the investment review has given the project momentum, we will move quickly on the follow-up procedures to build a facility that residents can use conveniently," the mayor said.