Gwangju City, Promotion of Repair Facility Renovation Project

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 30th that it will promote the ‘2020 Water Facilities Repair and Renovation Project’ to restore the functions of aging and disaster-prone reservoirs, irrigation and drainage canals, and pumping stations.

This water facilities repair and renovation project will invest a total of about 5.5 billion KRW entirely from national funds.

About 1.1 billion KRW will be invested in the water source sector, District 1, which reinforces aging reservoirs, and about 4.4 billion KRW will be invested in five districts in the irrigation and drainage canal sector to repair damaged and leaking irrigation and drainage canals and improve the convenience of agricultural water use.

Last year, Gwangju secured national funds totaling 7.7 billion KRW for two new districts (Goryong and Bia Districts water source sector in Gwangsan-gu, and Daesan District irrigation and drainage canals). This year, an additional 4 billion KRW in national funds was secured for one new district (Yogi District irrigation and drainage canals in Gwangsan-gu), bringing the total newly secured national funds to 11.7 billion KRW since last year.

For the selected new districts, the city is expediting project promotion to complete detailed design and start construction within this year. For the ongoing districts, the city plans to continuously strive to secure additional government supplementary budgets to advance the construction schedule.

Gwangju achieved this national fund acquisition by establishing a close cooperative system with central government departments, Korea Rural Community Corporation, and other related organizations.

Park Nam-eon, Director of the City’s Job and Economy Office, said, “Through the active promotion of the water facilities repair and renovation project, we will improve the farming environment and do our best to prevent agricultural disasters so that farmers can farm without worry, and increase farm income by improving farmland utilization.”

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