Gwangju City Supports Replacement of Children's School Transport Vehicles with New LPG Cars

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 5th that it will provide subsidies when purchasing new LPG vehicles after scrapping old children's school buses.

This year's project scale is a total of 142 vehicles, and if selected as a subsidy recipient, a fixed amount of 5 million KRW per vehicle will be provided when purchasing a new LPG school bus.

The support target is owners of small diesel children's school buses with 9 to 15 seats registered before December 31, 2011, who scrap their vehicles (including export cancellation) and purchase new LPG vehicles for the same purpose.

Additionally, the vehicle must be registered in Gwangju City as the address on the children's school bus registration certificate, place of use, or vehicle registration certificate, and must be registered as a children's school bus under Article 52 of the Road Traffic Act.

Applications can be submitted by visiting or sending registered mail to the Climate and Air Quality Division of City Hall from the 13th to the 20th, referring to the public notice on the city website.

The city plans to prioritize support for vehicles with private paid transportation permits and older vehicles, and if the vehicle age is the same, support will be provided in the order of daycare centers, kindergartens, special schools, elementary schools, academies, and sports facilities.

Jung Dong-hoon, head of the Climate and Air Quality Division, said, "We plan to expand the automobile low-emission project every year to protect children's health from exhaust gases of old school buses and reduce fine dust."

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