DAEJEON — South Chungcheong Province is considering expanding the Chungnam Innovation City in the Naepo new town by up to 6.61 million square meters, or 2 million pyeong, in preparation for the central government's second round of relocating public agencies to the provinces.
The Chungnam Innovation City currently spans 9.92 million square meters, or 3 million pyeong. The province said it plans to review various expansion options tailored to the scale of the agency relocations, as available land in Naepo for public agencies as well as residential, commercial and office use is now limited.
Having failed to attract any public agencies since the Chungnam Innovation City was designated in 2020, the province said it intends to secure enough land and living infrastructure in advance for large-scale agency relocations expected in the future, through a research study titled "Setting the Development Direction of the Chungnam Innovation City and Identifying Projects to Improve Living Conditions."
