Busan Gijang-gun Allocates 10 Billion KRW Emergency Supplementary Budget for Typhoon Damage Recovery

Recovery work from Typhoon Haishen is underway on the beach in Gijang-gun, Busan.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] On the 7th, Busan's Gijang-gun is pushing to secure an emergency supplementary budget in the 10 billion KRW range for typhoon damage recovery.

Under the direction of Gijang-gun Mayor Oh Gyu-seok, Gijang-gun decided to cut departmental project budgets that have been difficult to implement due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and reflect the increase in local taxes due to population growth in Ilgwang New Town to secure a supplementary budget of about 10 billion KRW for typhoon damage recovery.

Accordingly, each department in Gijang-gun will identify projects subject to budget cuts and plan to allocate the secured funds to an emergency typhoon damage recovery budget.

The supplementary budget will be used for recovery efforts from the heavy rains between July 23 and 24, as well as damage caused by Typhoon No. 9 "Maysak" and Typhoon No. 10 "Haishen."

The currently identified urgent recovery targets include △ restoration of Naeri Reservoir, △ road repair in Jeonggwan General Industrial Area, △ collection and disposal of roof panels in Jeonggwan General and Agricultural-Industrial Complexes, △ restoration of the pier at Woljeon Port and the walking trail around the Dream Set site, △ reinforcement of the coastal TTP, and △ disaster relief funds for private facilities, with about 7 billion KRW planned to be allocated initially.

Additionally, about 3 billion KRW will be allocated for permanent restoration costs for rivers, roads, drainage ditches, parks, and other disaster preparedness reserves.

Gijang-gun plans to hold an extraordinary session in mid-September through prior consultation with the Gijang-gun Council to promptly begin typhoon damage recovery by urgently preparing the supplementary budget.

Mayor Oh Gyu-seok said, "Disaster damage recovery is like a war. Every minute and second is urgent. Therefore, I spoke with Council Chairman Kim Dae-gun to urgently prepare the third supplementary budget by cutting budgets for projects that cannot be implemented due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic."

The mayor conveyed to Chairman Kim that "the typhoon damage is much more severe than expected, so we must urgently prepare the supplementary budget and swiftly complete the recovery."

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