Busan Gijang-gun Secures 355.5 Billion Won Budget for Next Year ... Additionally Obtains 27.3 Billion Won More

National and City Funding of 255.5 Billion KRW, Ministry of the Interior and Safety's General Local Tax Grant of 100 Billion KRW... Momentum Gained for Current Projects

Busan Gijang County Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan’s Gijang-gun secured a budget of 355.5 billion KRW from the government and Busan City in 2021. This includes 255.5 billion KRW from national and city funds and 100 billion KRW in general grants from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Gijang-gun was able to secure national funds in various fields through a systematic preemptive budget strategy.

At the beginning of this year, Gijang-gun held two national and city fund discovery report meetings to identify as many applicable national and city fund projects as possible and systematically managed the application list.

They prepared according to the project-specific application schedules and focused administrative efforts on explaining the necessity of the projects through visits to central government ministries, which is highly evaluated.

Oh Gyu-seok, the head of Gijang-gun, said, “We secured the necessary budget from the government and Busan City. Once the Jangan residential development project is completed, Gijang-gun will enter the era of a 200,000 population city. Expanding urban infrastructure in preparation for the 200,000 population era is an urgent task, with the urban rail lines Jeonggwan Line and Gijang Line at its center,” and pledged to concentrate administrative efforts to attract projects.

On the 2nd, as the government budget for the next year was passed at the National Assembly plenary session, Gijang-gun secured 255.5 billion KRW, an increase of 27.3 billion KRW from the previous year’s national and city fund amount of 228.2 billion KRW.

This is an achievement of administrative efforts to secure next year’s national funds despite difficulties such as a reduction in investment budget size due to the government’s decision to provide the third disaster relief fund.

In particular, Gijang-gun is expected to gain momentum in promoting various pending projects by receiving 100 billion KRW in general grants in 2021, following 73.4 billion KRW in 2019 and 63 billion KRW in 2020.

Next year’s national fund securing focuses on major strategic tasks under the themes of expanding citizen-experienced, life-close SOC and revitalizing the local economy, mainly ▲expanding living infrastructure (public library construction), ▲creating social infrastructure (Southeast Radiation Medical and Science General Industrial Complex development), ▲creating a clean living environment (Jeonggwan reclamation sewage pipeline installation project), and other local pending projects.

Major projects that secured national funds include the public library construction project (100 billion KRW), urban regeneration new deal project (50 billion KRW), Ilgwang Beach public parking lot (21 billion KRW), fine dust blocking forest creation project (15 billion KRW), Dongam Port Fishing Village New Deal 300 project (11 billion KRW), Ilgwang Amusement Park indoor gateball creation project (6 billion KRW), cultural heritage repair and maintenance project (6 billion KRW), disaster-vulnerable reservoir maintenance project (5 billion KRW), and rural transportation model project (4 billion KRW).

Gijang-gun secured 10 billion KRW in national funds for the ‘Public Library Construction’ project for 2021?2022. This is known as the largest new cultural facility expansion project nationwide in 2021.

The 10 billion KRW secured this time is allocated to ▲Ilgwang Library (4.9 billion KRW), ▲Jeonggwan Edu Park Public Library (5 billion KRW), and ▲Marine Fisheries Specialized Small Library (100 million KRW).

For ‘Ilgwang Library’ and ‘Marine Fisheries Specialized Small Library,’ the project applications were submitted in January this year under the 2021 National Balanced Development Special Account budget.

As a result of Gijang-gun’s appeal to Busan City regarding the necessity of constructing Ilgwang Library, the budget plan was adjusted to allow the entire 4.9 billion KRW national fund, which was originally planned to be supported over two years, to be provided in full within 2021. The library is scheduled to begin detailed design work in the first half of next year with the national fund budget.

The Jeonggwan Edu Park Public Library met the criteria for the 2021 Living SOC Complex Project led by the Office for Government Policy Coordination and was publicly announced in April this year. It was finally selected in September.

Once the three locations with secured national funds are completed in 2023, the total number of public libraries operating within Gijang-gun will reach 10. This is expected to satisfy the cultural demands of residents in Gijang-gun, where the population is rapidly increasing, especially in areas like Ilgwang New Town.

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