Kim Junsung, Yeonggwang County Governor, Visits Iksan Cheong for National Treasury Proposal

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seong-jeong] Kim Jun-seong, governor of Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do, visited the Iksan Regional Land Management Office on the 8th and met with Park Seong-jin, head of the Iksan Office, to propose the expansion project of National Road No. 77 (Yeonggwang Baeksu Daesin District) and requested cooperation for the smart complex rest area contest project.

The National Road No. 77 expansion project is a project to widen and pave a dangerous section of the Baeksu Coastal Road, a representative tourist road of the southwestern coast, which has severe curves and narrow lanes. He explained the necessity of the project so that the remaining sections of the dangerous road improvement project and the unopened 3.6 km section (0.9 km lane widening, 2.7 km two-lane expansion) can be promptly promoted.

The county submitted a project plan for the smart complex rest area contest project, which is being promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, at the entrance of Chilsan Bridge in Oksil-ri, Yeomsan-myeon.

He also requested cooperation to ensure selection by linking it with the nearby Chilsan Bridge surrounding tourist site development project and Hyanghwa-do national fishing port development project to create synergy for increasing tourism income and balanced regional development.

Governor Kim Jun-seong said, “This proposed project is a long-standing wish of local residents and a priority issue that must be resolved to improve stable living conditions and foster new growth base industries.” He added, “We will continue to make every effort to secure national budget funds from the National Assembly and the central government to resolve the poor financial conditions of the county.”

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