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Parking difficulties have continued to occur in the area around Peace Square in Mokpo City due to a lack of parking spaces, and accordingly, the city decided to expand parking spaces and increase convenience by building a parking tower.
Mokpo = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Geun-young = Mokpo City, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do announced on the 21st that it had opened the 'Round 2 Public Parking Lot Parking Tower', which was built to solve parking problems in the area of Peace Square.
The parking tower was built at 1130 Sang-dong with a total floor area of 2,670 m2 with a total project cost of 4.7 billion won.
74 parking spaces were added to the existing 100 parking spaces, increasing the total to 174 parking spaces.
The parking spaces are comprised of 81 regular spaces, 66 expanded spaces, 12 spaces for light vehicles, 6 spaces for the disabled, and 9 spaces for electric vehicle charging, thereby improving user convenience.
Mokpo Mayor Kang Seong-hwi said, “A solid foundation has been laid to resolve the chronic parking difficulties at Peace Square,” and added, “We will create a Peace Square where people can visit, stay, and enjoy themselves without worrying about parking, injecting new vitality into the local commercial district and tourism.”

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