Muan-gun Secures 272.8 Billion Won in National Budget to Promote Regional Growth and Development

(The second from the right) Kim San, the governor of Muan County, is visiting the Ministry of Economy and Finance to explain local pending projects. Photo by Muan County

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) announced on the 14th that the 2021 government budget proposal submitted by the government to the National Assembly includes a national subsidy of 272.8 billion KRW (255.1 billion KRW for national and provincial projects, 17.7 billion KRW for county projects), which will accelerate the promotion of local pending projects.

The government budget proposal reflected this time includes projects such as the construction of an access road for the aviation specialization project directly implemented by the state and Jeollanam-do (1.2 billion KRW), the second phase of the Honam High-Speed Railway project (200 billion KRW), the runway extension project at Muan Airport (2 billion KRW), the construction of a maintenance hangar for Gongjeongik Aviation University (6.4 billion KRW), and the memorial construction project for war veterans (150 million KRW).

In particular, key projects contributing to improving the quality of life for county residents, such as the construction of futsal fields in Muan-eup, Muan High School, and Namak New Town (1.1 billion KRW), coastal maintenance projects (4.2 billion KRW), installation of emergency connection supply pipelines for local waterworks (1.75 billion KRW), general rural and fishing village development projects (2.4 billion KRW), and growth promotion regional development projects (2.3 billion KRW) were included in the government budget proposal.

Muan-gun has been actively securing national funds by holding three rounds of national fund pending project discovery meetings since September last year, finalizing national pending projects in January, and submitting them to Jeollanam-do and relevant ministries. For major pending projects, the county visited government ministries such as the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, as well as the National Assembly, to explain the feasibility of the projects and request budget support.

Governor Kim San said, “We will do our best to ensure that the budget is reflected as much as possible by Jeollanam-do, local members of the National Assembly, and relevant ministries, and we will continue to strive to secure national funds for government-led contest projects and comprehensive ministry projects.”

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