Andong-si, Gyeongbuk, Selected for 4 Billion KRW in the '2022 Small and Medium-Sized City Smart City Development Project' Competition

‘Reply Smart CT (Creative Touring) Andong’

Andong City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwi-yeol] Andong City, Gyeongbuk Province, was finally selected on the 27th for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's public contest project, the ‘2022 Small and Medium-sized City Smart City Development Project.’

This project is a public contest aimed at developing and fostering innovative services that can promote the smartification of small and medium-sized cities, with a total budget of 4 billion KRW, including national and local funds, to be invested over one year.

The contest project is conducted nationwide targeting small and medium-sized cities. A total of 16 local governments, including Andong City, were selected.

Andong City aims to build an eco-friendly cultural tourism smart city as the goal of this project. It applied under the subtitle ‘Respond Smart CT (Creative Touring) Andong’ and was finally selected.

The project will invest a total of 4 billion KRW from February to December, and after establishing a detailed implementation plan, it will commence the project and promote the solution construction project for one year.

Andong City actively reflected citizens' demands to solve urban problems related to transportation and environment, focusing on the project target areas where tourism infrastructure is concentrated, such as Songha-dong, Ok-dong, and Hahoe Village. A smart city development plan was established by applying regionally specialized solutions.

Reflecting the representative urban problems of small and medium-sized cities, transportation and environment were set as the main themes. In the transportation sector, a demand-responsive bus smart stop will be introduced to build a convenient and wait-free smart transportation system.

To enhance the city image and in the environmental sector, smart automatic collection solutions and eco-clean house solutions will be applied. The plan is to create a clean and pleasant eco-friendly cultural tourism city and build smart city solutions that can increase the sense of experience for both residents and tourists.

With the selection of this public contest project, Andong City aims to solve urban problems and revitalize the local economy. It plans to continuously reflect service improvements through active citizen participation and lead it as a practical smart city model.

Mayor Kwon Young-se of Andong said, “By establishing eco-friendly cultural tourism solutions in our region, which is a historical and cultural city and a regional hub tourism city, we will enhance urban competitiveness and improve the quality of life for citizens.”

Mayor Kwon added, “We will actively support the creation of a smart city landmark by generating synergy effects such as revitalizing the local economy.”

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