Changwon Mayor Heo Seong-mu Strives to Secure the Largest Ever National Budget

Changwon Mayor Heo Seong-mu (right) is visiting Lee Jong-bae, Chairman of the Special Budget and Accounts Committee, to explain major pending projects for Changwon City next year.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Heo Seong-mu, mayor of Changwon City, Gyeongnam, visited the National Assembly and the government on the 15th to secure the largest-ever budget for next year.

On that day, Mayor Heo met with Lee Jong-bae, chairman of the Special Committee on Budget and Accounts, its members, and Lee Chae-ik, chairman of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, to request budget allocation.

Mayor Heo repeatedly requested national funding for key projects next year, including 500 million KRW for the feasibility analysis research service for the construction of a branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, 1 billion KRW for the 2022 Korea-World Chamber of Commerce Business Week, 14.5 billion KRW for the first phase of the Jinhae New Port construction project, 2.9 billion KRW for the Innovation Data Center construction project, and 2 billion KRW for the development project of the Changwon Small Giant R&D Special Zone.

He also proposed an increase of 46.78 billion KRW for a total of 15 projects, including 2.75 billion KRW for advanced smart manufacturing workforce training, 8.6 billion KRW for ICT convergence manufacturing operating system development and demonstration projects, 1.5 billion KRW for the relocation and new construction of the Changwon Municipal Welfare Center, 4.6 billion KRW for the third phase of the Daesan Dong-eup sewage pipeline installation project, and 1.5 billion KRW for the expansion project of the Jindong Water Reclamation Center.

Following this, Mayor Heo met with Choi Sang-dae, Budget Director of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and Kang Wan-gu, Social Deliberation Officer, to ask for their interest and support in reflecting the budget for major city projects.

Mayor Heo said, "Until the next year's budget is finally confirmed, I will continuously visit the National Assembly to carefully ensure that additional national funds are reflected in projects for current issues and regional development."

Meanwhile, the next year's government budget will be finalized next month after review by the National Assembly's standing committees and the final deliberation by the Special Committee on Budget and Accounts.

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