Changwon City Carefully Inspects Project Sites for 'Integrated Financial Special Cases' Deployment

Mayor Heo Seong-mu Tours Three Target Sites to Hear Residents' Opinions

Mayor Heo Seong-mu is inspecting the project site.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Changwon City, Gyeongnam, visited project sites on the 10th to select projects for this year's Win-Win Development Special Account.

Mayor Heo Seong-mu visited three locations on the day: the 'Seowongok Ssireum Arena Remodeling Project' site in Masanhappo-gu, the 'Cheongnyangsan~Muhaksan Connecting Bridge Installation Project' site, and the 'Yangdeokcheon Deck Road Installation Project' site in Masanhoewon-gu, conducting on-site inspections and listening to residents' opinions.

The Win-Win Development Special Account is operated with a budget granted to Changwon City as a special case for autonomous integration by the government.

Over the past 10 years, a total of 146.6 billion KRW in special cases has been received and invested in about 150 projects aimed at reducing regional disparities and promoting balanced development, such as expanding transportation infrastructure, contributing to improving the quality of life and welfare of local residents.

Although the financial special case was scheduled to end last year, through comprehensive extension requests by Mayor Heo, local members of the National Assembly, and city and provincial councilors, an additional budget of about 44 billion KRW will be supported from this year until 2025.

The scale of the additional financial special case to be received from the government this year is 14.7 billion KRW.

According to related ordinances, 1.5 billion KRW each is allocated to Uichang-gu and Seongsan-gu, 2.9 billion KRW each to Masanhappo-gu and Hoewon-gu, and 5.9 billion KRW to Jinhae-gu.

The project selection criteria focus on about 20 projects to be finalized in March, prioritizing projects that can execute the budget within the year, long-awaited projects with high citizen impact, and projects aimed at the 4-No innovation to minimize anxiety, inconvenience, discomfort, and dissatisfaction.

Currently, about 70 projects have been submitted through each district office.

The city is conducting site visits to review the appropriateness of the projects submitted with priorities assigned by each district office.

Once projects are selected, the budget will be immediately allocated through the first supplementary budget.

Mayor Heo stated, "The additional integrated financial incentives will be used as a catalyst to strengthen urban competitiveness by promoting meaningful projects for balanced development in the integrated city."

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