Gyeongbuk Province Selected for Ministry of the Interior's 'Signboard Improvement' Project... 5km Maintenance in Gyeongju, Yeongyang, and Yecheon

Improving Signage for Gyeongju Food Pension Village, Yeongyang-eup Downtown, and Yecheon-eup Hyoja-ro with a 1.9 Billion KRW Investment

Signboard improvement image of Gyeongbuk Province.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongsangbuk-do announced that three cities/counties (Gyeongju-si, Yeongyang-gun, Yecheon-gun) were selected in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's '2021 Signboard Improvement Contest Project,' securing 900 million KRW in national funding.

The project areas include Bukgundong Food Pension Village in Gyeongju, the downtown area of Yeongyang-eup in Yeongyang, and Hyoja-ro in Yecheon-eup, Yecheon.

In this contest project, out of about 40 cities/counties from 17 provinces nationwide that applied, 20 projects were selected through document evaluation and review committee screening. Among them, Gyeongsangbuk-do achieved the result of bringing in three projects.

Accordingly, Gyeongsangbuk-do plans to renovate the signboards of 348 businesses within a total length of 5.1 km, investing a total project cost of 1.9 billion KRW including national funds.

Since 2010 until 2020, Gyeongsangbuk-do has steadily promoted projects to improve urban image and create a pleasant street environment by investing 13.1 billion KRW of provincial funds to renovate signboards in 94 districts.

Hwang Seok-ho, Director of the Architecture Design Division of Gyeongsangbuk-do, stated, "By actively participating in central government contest projects along with Gyeongsangbuk-do's own projects such as signboard improvement projects, public design projects, and harmful environment improvement projects, we will contribute to local job creation and economic revitalization."

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