Jeonnam Province Supports Early Retirement of Old Diesel Vehicles and More

Support for Purchasing New LPG 1t Cargo Trucks

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province (Governor Kim Young-rok) announced on the 7th that it will promote an early retirement program for old diesel vehicles and support for the purchase of new LPG 1-ton cargo trucks to improve air quality, including reducing fine dust.

The project budget is 16.3 billion KRW for early retirement and 2.9 billion KRW for new LPG cargo truck purchases, totaling 19.2 billion KRW, which is an increase of 2.4 billion KRW compared to the initial plan of 16.8 billion KRW at the beginning of the year.

The plan is to support a total of 10,605 vehicles, including 9,880 for early retirement and 725 for new LPG cargo truck purchases.

The target for the 'early retirement' support includes diesel vehicles with emission grade 5 that have been registered for 6 months to over 2 years in the jurisdictional city or county, and road construction machinery (dump trucks, concrete mixer trucks, concrete pump trucks) manufactured before 2005 under the emission standards.

Among these, vehicles under 3.5 tons receive up to 3 million KRW, those over 3.5 tons receive between 4.4 million and 30 million KRW, and the three types of dump trucks can receive up to 40 million KRW.

Additionally, the 'LPG 1-ton cargo truck new purchase' support targets owners or institutions that purchase a new LPG 1-ton cargo truck after scrapping a diesel vehicle. A fixed amount of 4 million KRW per vehicle is provided, with priority support given to those who have scrapped their vehicles early.

If a new LPG 1-ton cargo truck is purchased after early retirement, support of up to 6.1 million KRW can be received; however, vehicles that have received government support for low-emission measures such as attaching particulate matter reduction devices must complete a mandatory operation period of 2 years before receiving support.

Applications can be submitted by checking detailed information on the city or county website and then submitting by registered mail or visiting the environmental department of the city or county.

Park Hyun-sik, Director of the Environment and Forestry Bureau of Jeonnam Province, said, “Vehicles account for 48% of total air pollutant emissions. We will do our best to create a clean Jeonnam by expanding vehicle emission reduction projects to reduce air pollution such as greenhouse gases and fine dust.”

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