Pohang Mayor Lee Gang-deok Receives 'Best' Rating in Manifesto Pledge Evaluation

Lee Gang-deok, Mayor of Pohang.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] On the 1st, Pohang City announced that Mayor Lee Kang-deok of Pohang received the highest grade, 'SA,' in the evaluation of the fulfillment of pledges and information disclosure for the 7th local government heads conducted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters.

The Manifesto evaluation was based on pledge fulfillment information materials disclosed on the websites of local governments nationwide and announced the evaluation results after inspection, analysis, and verification processes from March to May.

Specifically, the evaluation was conducted by item in the fields of ▲Pledge Fulfillment Completion (50 points) ▲Achievement of 2020 Goals (50 points) ▲Resident Communication (100 points), and the results were classified into five grades from SA to D.

Pohang City received high scores evenly across all fields and scored above 70 points, the SA grade standard, overall. While executing the 7th local government pledges according to the four-year annual plan, the progress was transparently disclosed, and the pledge map was posted to make it easy for citizens to understand the pledges, which was highly praised for increasing citizen accessibility.

Among 226 local governments, 70 received the SA grade, and among city-level governments, there are 23 including Pohang City (4 in Gyeongbuk Province). Pohang City's 7th local government pledges total 90, with 51 projects completed or continuing after fulfillment, and 39 projects in normal or partial progress.

In particular, representative pledges that continue to be promoted even after project completion include fostering an ecosystem for small and strong enterprises, the development of Yeongilman 4 General Industrial Complex, the promotion of the Pohang Greenway project, a complete overhaul of the eco-friendly public transportation system, and the expansion of crime-prone area surveillance CCTV.

The total budget secured for pledge fulfillment during the 7th local government term is 5.009 trillion KRW out of 6.3827 trillion KRW (78.5%), ensuring smooth progress of pledge fulfillment. Compared to Gyeongbuk Province's average budget securing rate of 50.6% during the term, Pohang City's budget securing rate is relatively high.

Meanwhile, in September last year, Pohang City won the grand prize in the safety autonomy category at the '2020 National Local Government Heads Manifesto Best Practices Competition' for the project titled "Beyond Restoration to a City of Revival! The Happy City Heunghae Making Project."

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