I Was Told to Take a Long Detour to Get to School... Safety Facilities to be Installed for Student Inconvenience Prevention.

- ACRC has made an“Agreement” with LH and relevant agencies to install facilities for student safety in response to the collective grievance from the Gwacheon Juam District residents.

(Dec. 5th, 2025, ACRC)

A collective grievance of parents appealing for solutions regarding the commuting of children living in the Newlywed Hope Town within the Gwacheon Juam Public-Funded Private Rental Housing District (Gwacheon Juam District) in Gyeonggi Province has been resolved through the mediation of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC).

The ACRC held an on-site mediation on Dec. 5 at Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) Gwacheon-Uiwang Business Headquarters. LH, Gwancheon City, Anyang-Gwacheon Office of Education joined for the meeting convened by ACRC chairperson and agreed to install facilities for student safety including public walkway, wooden bridge, and a back entrance for the elementary school.

The town is to house many young families including those in the Newlywed Hope Town. Numerous elementary school children are therefore expected. Parents must accompany them to school and the lack of safety facilities such as a wooden bridge forced them to detour several hundred meters. The parents filed a collective petition regarding this situation to the ACRC in March, asking measures to address the difficulty.

In response, the commission prepared a final mediation proposal agreed upon by all stakeholders through on-site investigations and multiple consultations with relevant agencies.

According to the mediation plan, LH will build as follows: a public walkway within the block B-4; a wooden bridge to cross the stream; and a pedestrian deck within a nearby park, to provide sports facilities and relaxing areas for residents.

The office of education will communicate with LH while installing the school's back gate to connect it with the newly created walkway. Gwacheon city will cooperate with LH and the office of education to resolve any complaints arising during the project and will take over management of the facilities when the project finishes.

The chairperson stated, “Nothing is more important than making a safe environment for students as children become precious under this demographic crisis. The ACRC will do its utmost best in implementation and management to ensure faithful and thorough mediation.”