Naju-si Holds Resident Briefing Session on 'Vulnerable Area Living Condition Improvement Project'

Published 30 Nov.2021 15:38(KST)

[Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Kang In-gyu) has mobilized public and private sector capabilities to be selected for the national public contest project, the ‘Vulnerable Area Living Conditions Improvement Project,’ aimed at improving residential conditions and safety blind spots in the Yeongsanpo area.

The city announced on the 30th that it recently held a residents’ briefing session at the Ichang-dong Administrative Welfare Center meeting room to discover core projects that meet residents’ needs and discuss plans for promoting the contest project.

Hosted by the National Balanced Development Committee, this project focuses on expanding living infrastructure to ensure basic living standards and safety for residents in vulnerable areas such as isolated rural fishing villages and urban hillside neighborhoods that have been left behind by growth benefits. It provides 3 billion KRW in national funding over four years.

The city is challenging this contest project through collecting residents’ opinions and public-private cooperation, focusing on the maintenance of the slope connecting Yeongsan Bridge, the gateway to the Yeongsanpo area, to Ichang-dong, and Golmosil Village at the foot of Nobongsan Mountain.

Earlier, on the 18th, the city began groundwork for establishing the project plan by conducting a study tour to Wando County, which was selected for the contest project for two consecutive years last year and this year.

Through the residents’ briefing session, the city decided to build a public-private governance system involving various residents, including the Yeongsanpo Development Council (Chairman Lee Gijun), the Ichang-dong Golmosil Village Residents’ Autonomy Association, and village and neighborhood heads, to unite public and private sector capabilities and will.

Also, considering the difficulty of hearing residents’ opinions during working hours, the city plans to hold ‘Alleyway Banquets’ in the evening to actively collect residents’ opinions.

Seo Hyun-seung, Director of the Urban Regeneration Division, said, “This contest project will greatly contribute to the development of the underdeveloped Yeongsanpo area and the improvement of residents’ quality of life, along with the Yeongsan-dong and Yeonggang-dong urban regeneration projects and the Nobongsan Observatory.” He added, “We will do our best to support the collection of diverse residents’ opinions for the project plan and to unite residents’ capabilities and will.”