The ACRC provided a mediation plan to develop the stormwater detention facility under construction in the Yangju Hoecheon District Housing Site Development Project into a waterfront park featuring an ecological learning center, sports facilities, and walking trails.

The collective civil complaints filed by residents of the Yunjung Apartment Complex, who had expressed concerns about potential damage from the stormwater detention facility*being constructed in the Yangju Hoecheon District to prevent damage from torrential rains, are expected to be resolved through mediation by the ACRC (Chairperson Ryu Chul Whan).

  * Storm water detention facility: A facility designed to temporarily store rainwater during torrential rains and discharge it once the water level of the adjacent river recedes.

The ACRC convened an on-site coordination meeting on the afternoon of June 12 at the Yangju Project Headquarters of LH Corporation, attended by representatives of LH Corporation, Yangju-si of Gyeonggi-do Province, the applicants, complainants, and residents, and reached a final agreement on resolving the collective civil complaints requesting improvement measures for the stormwater detention facility.

The Yunjung Apartment Complex, first occupied in October 2002, was excluded from the Yangju Hoecheon District Housing Site Development Project in December 2006. In early 2024, when LH Corporation planned to build a storm water detention facility adjacent to the Yunjung apartment complex, residents raised concerns about construction-related noise, structural cracks, and the potential for river water to infiltrate the underground parking lot. They requested relocating the facility further away from the apartment and covering it with a structural enclosure to conceal it from view. However, when no agreement was reached, they filed collective civil complaints with the ACRC in June 2024.

Despite prolonged discussions among the ACRC, LH Corporation, Yangju-si, and complainants, no consensus had been reached. Eventually, the ACRC proposed developing the storm water detention facility as a waterfront park. This alternative was accepted by the relevant agencies and the complainants, which ultimately enabled the development of the final mediation plan.

Under this plan, LH Corporation agreed to construct the storm water detention facility 23 meters away from the Yunjung Apartment Complex and establish an ecological learning center, sports facilities, and walking trails accessible to its residents.

Yangju-si agreed to regularly monitor the facility’s construction process and continuously manage and maintain the ecological learning center and sports facilities after completion.

The ACRC Chairperson Ryu Chul Whan stated, “This mediation holds great significance as it successfully resolved collective civil complaints by transforming residents’ negative perceptions of the storm water detention facility into positive ones through the alternative of developing it as a waterfront park.” He further urged the relevant agencies to do their utmost to swiftly implement the measures agreed upon during the June 12 mediation so that the residents’ grievances could be ly resolved.