Yeongam-gun Launches Early Retirement Support Program for Old Diesel Vehicles

Yeongam County Office (Photo by Yeongam County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Jeon Dong-pyeong) announced on the 16th that it will implement an early retirement support project for old diesel vehicles, which emit a large amount of fine dust, starting from the 28th.

The early retirement support project for old diesel vehicles aims to induce the early retirement of old diesel vehicles, which are one of the sources of fine dust pollution, to reduce the concentration of fine dust in the area and to prepare for the restriction measures on the operation of old diesel vehicles that are enforced during high-concentration fine dust emergency reduction measures.

Until 2019, the county spent 1.58 billion won to support the early retirement of 1,117 old diesel vehicles, and plans to accept early retirement applications for one month until February 28, selecting beneficiaries within a budget of 530 million won (about 330 vehicles) for support.

The early retirement support targets are diesel vehicles with emission grade 5 and road-use type 3 construction machinery subject to emission standards applied before 2005, with the final ownership period being at least six months before the application date.

Vehicle owners wishing to apply must fill out the early retirement subsidy eligibility confirmation application posted in the announcement section on the county website, attach the required documents (vehicle registration certificate, vehicle owner's ID, used car performance inspection record, etc.), submit them in person, and apply for the subsidy after scrapping the vehicle if selected as a subsidy recipient.

Ryu Ki-bong, head of the Environmental Conservation Division of Yeongam-gun, said, “We ask for active participation from owners of vehicles eligible for early retirement to reduce old diesel vehicles, the main culprit of fine dust,” and added, “We will continue to promote projects to reduce fine dust and do our best.”

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