Naju-si Accelerates Preparations for Vulnerable Area Living Condition Improvement Project Contest

Published 12 Oct.2021 13:58(KST)

[Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Kang In-gyu) announced on the 12th that it recently held a ‘Lee Chang-dong Vulnerable Area Living Conditions Improvement Project Service Report Meeting’ at the city hall’s Ihwa Room to discuss the promotion plan for the relevant public contest project.

This project focuses on expanding living infrastructure such as safety and sanitation to ensure the basic living standards of residents in vulnerable areas, including remote farming and fishing villages isolated from growth benefits and underdeveloped, and hillside neighborhoods within urban areas.

The eligible application areas must meet two or more of the following conditions: ▲the ratio of houses facing only poor roads (less than 4m wide) is 50% or more ▲the ratio of houses older than 30 years is 50% or more ▲the ratio of households receiving basic living subsidies is 9% or more.

When selected, the project will receive 3 billion KRW in national funding over four years.

The city plans to improve residents’ living environment by maintaining the slope area connecting Yeongsan Bridge, the gateway to the Yeongsanpo area, to Lee Chang-dong, and Golmosil at the foot of Nobongsan Mountain through the public contest project selection.

It is also expected to greatly contribute to the balanced development of the three Yeongsanpo neighborhoods and the improvement of residents’ living environment, as well as enhancing the image of the underdeveloped city, by improving the living environment in the vulnerable areas of Lee Chang-dong, which were excluded from the ongoing urban regeneration projects in Yeongsan-dong and Yeonggang-dong.

About 20 people attended the report meeting, including Mayor Kang In-gyu, Lee Jae-nam, Chairman of the Planning and General Affairs Committee of Naju City Council, Councilor Lee Dae-sung, Director of Future Strategy Industry Bureau Na Sang-in, Lee Chang-dong Chief Kim Mi-ryeong, and the Yeongsanpo Development Council.

Mayor Kang In-gyu said, “This public contest project will be a major opportunity for Yeongsanpo, which has experienced a long period of stagnation, to take a step forward by linking with the ongoing Yeongsan and Yeonggang-dong urban regeneration projects and the Yeongsanpo Commercial Renaissance Project. We will do our best to maximize public-private cooperation to ensure the project’s selection.”