Seongbuk-gu Honored as Best Implementation Project for 3 Consecutive Years in Seoul Citizen Participation Budget

2021 Seoul Citizen Participatory Budgeting Festival General Assembly Held on the 28th... 3 Consecutive Years of Top Awards for Excellent Citizen Participatory Budget Projects... 'Elementary School Commute Route Improvement Project (Top Award)' 'Eco-friendly Heating System Installation Project (Excellence Award)'

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) won two awards, including the Grand Prize and Excellence Award for outstanding citizen participation budget projects at the ‘2021 Seoul Citizen Participation Budget Festival’.

Now in its fifth year, the ‘Seoul Citizen Participation Budget Festival’ selects and awards projects that enhance residents’ convenience and solve urban problems. Among the citizen participation budget projects, those with high effort, beneficiary scope, contribution, and sustainability are chosen through citizen voting.

The project for which Seongbuk-gu won the Grand Prize, titled ‘Create a Safe School Route for Elementary School Students,’ involved refurbishing the old and uneven school route in front of Seongsin Elementary School. The project adjusted stair heights to be accessible for lower-grade students and installed high-resistance paving blocks on steep sections to create a safe school route.

The project awarded the Excellence Award, ‘Safe Roads and Peace of Mind for Pedestrians through Installation of Heating Cables at Dongbang Hill,’ established an eco-friendly heating cable system on the steep Dongbang Hill in Jangwi-dong. This project prevents road icing during heavy snowfall in winter through proactive initial snow removal.

Seongbuk-gu has been recognized as a capable autonomous district that solves various on-site issues affecting residents’ lives and promotes projects that substantially improve residents’ convenience by winning the Grand Prize and Excellence Award in the citizen participation budget for three consecutive years.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, stated, “I hope the projects initiated in Seongbuk-gu will serve as a catalyst and expand into projects that benefit all Seoul citizens. We will make various efforts to ensure that voices from the field are reflected in policies.”

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