Naju-si Promotes 'Emission Reduction Project for Transit Vehicles'

[Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] On the 17th, Naju City in Jeollanam-do announced that it will promote the ‘2022 Diesel Vehicle Emission Reduction Project,’ which consists of early scrapping of old diesel vehicles, purchase of new LPG cargo vehicles, installation of particulate matter reduction devices, and replacement of construction machinery engines.

This year’s project targets 1,455 old diesel vehicles with a total project cost of 3.35 billion KRW.

The eligible vehicles are ‘Grade 5 emission diesel vehicles’ and ‘road-use type 3 construction machinery manufactured under emission standards before 2005’ (dump trucks, concrete mixers, concrete pump trucks).

Applications for support can be submitted by visiting the Eup/Myeon/Dong administrative welfare centers or online through the vehicle emission grade system until the 25th.

The support amount for early scrapping is up to 3 million KRW for vehicles under 3.5 tons gross weight, 4.4 million to 30 million KRW for vehicles over 3.5 tons, and up to 40 million KRW for road-use type 3 construction machinery.

Vehicles must have been registered in the city for more than six months as of the application deadline, and the final owner must have owned the vehicle for more than six months.

Additionally, diesel vehicles and construction machinery that have passed the functional inspection, and vehicles that have not been retrofitted or modified with reduction devices or low-emission engines through government or local government support, are eligible to apply.

However, those with overdue local taxes or environmental improvement charges, vehicles deregistered for export, and vehicles deregistered due to exceeding limits are excluded from support.

If an old diesel vehicle is scrapped early and a new LPG cargo vehicle is purchased, the applicant will be given priority in the early scrapping support and can receive an additional 2 million KRW.

Support for purchasing new LPG vehicles is available if the vehicle purchase registration or scrapping deregistration was carried out after December 1 of last year.

For the particulate matter reduction device installation project, the target vehicles are Grade 5 emission diesel vehicles, and 90% of installation costs are supported. For construction machinery engine replacement projects such as forklifts and excavators, 100% of replacement costs are supported.

The selection of recipients for each support project will be finalized and individually notified by mid-next month.

Priority will be given to early scrapping priority applicants, basic livelihood security recipients, lower-income groups, small business owners, and those purchasing new LPG cargo vehicles.

Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong bong2910@asiae.co.kr

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