Gwangju City Selected for 8 Resident Support Projects in Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Greenbelt Development Program

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 18th that eight projects were selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 2023 Greenbelt Resident Support Projects.

This year's selected resident support projects include six living infrastructure projects and two environmental and cultural projects.

A total of 5.1 billion KRW will be invested, including 4.6 billion KRW from the national government and 500 million KRW from city and district funds. This is 700 million KRW more than in 2022.

For the living infrastructure projects, 3.8 billion KRW will be invested to carry out ▲ five road expansion projects ▲ one stream maintenance project. The projects include expanding narrow access roads that caused significant inconvenience to residents and stream maintenance to prevent disasters during the rainy season.

The environmental and cultural projects will be carried out with a budget of 1.3 billion KRW, including ▲ one Nuri-gil trail creation project and ▲ one landscape creation project.

A Nuri-gil walking trail utilizing the ecological and natural conditions of Palhaksan in Seochang-dong, Seo-gu will be opened, and a landscape project on Jeungamcheon Stream linked to cultural assets such as Hwanbyeokdang in Chunghyo-dong, Buk-gu, part of the Gasamunhak literary area, will be implemented to provide citizens with valuable resting spaces.

Gwangju City expects that this project will improve infrastructure in the greenbelt areas within the city and expand eco-friendly leisure spaces in the urban area.

The greenbelt system was introduced in 1973 to prevent disorderly urban sprawl and contribute to creating a healthy living environment for city residents, but restrictions on residents' property rights caused considerable inconvenience.

Accordingly, since 2001, Gwangju City has implemented 241 projects with a total budget of 106.9 billion KRW (86.9 billion KRW national funds, 20 billion KRW local funds) to alleviate residents' inconvenience and improve convenience, including village access road expansion, agricultural drainage and small stream maintenance, Nuri-gil creation, and landscape projects.

Choi Wonseok, head of the city's Urban Planning Division, said, “The selected projects are local priority projects expected to have significant effects as infrastructure improvements and cultural projects reflecting regional characteristics. We will continue to resolve residents' inconveniences in the greenbelt areas and discover excellent local cultural resources to return various leisure spaces to citizens.”

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