Pan-citizen promotion committee launched to urge relocation of Gunpo Complex Logistics Terminal

A pan-citizen advocacy group is launched to demand the relocation of the Gunpo Complex Logistics Terminal, which was located in the center of Gunpo City, Gyeonggi-do in the early 1990s due to expansion of the city center.

The ‘Pan-Citizen Promotion Committee Calling for the Relocation of Gunpo Complex Logistics Terminal’ (Co-Chairman Kim Man-geun and Lee Gil-ho) announced on the 8th that it will hold an inauguration ceremony and resolution meeting at the Gunpo National Sports Center playground near Bugok-dong Terminal at 10 a.m. on the 9th.

About 500 people, including affiliated members, Gunpo Mayor Han Dae-hee, local politicians, and ordinary citizens, are expected to attend the event to launch the promotion committee, which is comprised of about 50 people, including 20 executives.

The launch ceremony will be held in the following order: progress report, launch speech, reading of the resolution, and explanation of future activity plans. After the rally, participants plan to hold a street march on a 3km section of road around the terminal to announce their intention to call for relocation.

Gunpo Complex Logistics Terminal (total area of ​​702,000 m2), the largest inland logistics base in Korea, was built in the 1990s in accordance with the government's policy to resolve logistics difficulties in the metropolitan area.

However, with the construction of large-scale residential complexes such as Bugok and Songjeong districts nearby and the construction of the third new city, it became surrounded by the city center.

As a result, the city estimates that approximately 27,000 vehicles (including 3,000 medium and large trucks) will enter and exit each day, causing traffic congestion, noise, and dust, resulting in social and economic costs exceeding 85 billion won per year.

The terminal is a profitable private investment project (BOT) that builds and operates a building on land owned by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and then donates it to the government. It is operated by Korea Complex Logistics Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CJ Logistics.

The 30-year use contract for Zone 1 (381,000 m2) ends at the end of 2028, and for Zone 2 (321,000 m2) at the end of 2042.

Gunpo City also takes the position that the relocation should be promoted, saying that compared to the enormous damage caused by the terminal, local tax revenue is only 4 to 5 billion won per year.

In particular, as it is impossible to establish a long-term urban plan if the direction of processing is not confirmed after 2042, it is requested that private consignment operation be completely terminated and an alternative site secured before 2042, when the second-stage area use contract ends.

On the other hand, Korea Multimodal Logistics, the operator, is in the position that separate operation is impossible because the terminal is a key state-led logistics base and Zones 1 and 2 share infrastructure such as roads, power, and entrance gates. The plan is to modernize the facility and extend its use to become a logistics innovation base.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to announce future processing measures such as private reinvestment, consignment, direct management, and transfer within next month after completing the 'Establishment of Private Investment Project Management Implementation Plan' service.

An official from the promotion committee said, "As residents have endured damage to their lives for decades, there should be a roadmap for complete relocation and securing an alternative site, not an extension of operation," and added, "We will continue to inform the citizens of their wishes."