Gyeongbuk Province Strives to Secure National Funding for Water and Sewage Sector Next Year... 12 Projects Worth 1 Trillion Won

Visited Ministry of Economy and Finance and Ministry of Environment to Propose Local Issues and Appeal for Budget Support

Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] Gyeongbuk Province has designated the entire month of August as the 2023 national budget securing intensive period and is making all-out efforts to secure the budget.

The province plans to frequently visit the water supply and sewage departments of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Environment to explain local issues and project feasibility, thereby appealing for budget support by gaining consensus from central government officials.

The projects proposed by the province include ▲Local Water Supply Modernization Project (123.4 billion KRW) ▲Expansion and Management of Water Supply Facilities (200.8 billion KRW) ▲Smart Local Water Supply Support Project (14.5 billion KRW) ▲Sewage Pipeline Maintenance Project (390.8 billion KRW) ▲Rural Village Sewage Maintenance Project (233.9 billion KRW) ▲Expansion of Sewage Treatment Plants (133 billion KRW), totaling 12 projects worth 1.4 trillion KRW, of which the national budget amounts to approximately 943.6 billion KRW.

Among these, water supply-related projects total about 340 billion KRW (national budget 220 billion KRW), with 71 ongoing projects and 29 new projects proposed.

Additionally, sewage-related projects total about 1.07 trillion KRW (national budget 723 billion KRW), with 161 ongoing projects and 55 new projects requested.

The Local Water Supply Modernization Project aims to renovate aging water pipelines and modernize outdated water purification plants with reduced functionality to improve operational efficiency, thereby establishing a stable water supply infrastructure.

This aligns with President Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s national water environment policy goals of providing safe and smart new water services to all, enhancing the sustainability of natural ecosystems, and creating an environment safe from climate disasters.

Choi Young-sook, Director of the Environmental Forestry Resources Bureau of the province, emphasized, “Securing next year’s budget requires discovering projects linked to the Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s 120 national policy tasks. We will build cooperative systems with central government ministries to focus on discovering new projects and strive to increase the budget so that existing projects can be completed early.”

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