Sewerage Project Execution Rate Aims to Reach 60% in First Half of the Year

Strengthening Financial Execution Management

Han Hwa-jin, Minister of Environment, is responding to lawmakers' questions at the Environment and Labor Committee plenary session held at the National Assembly on the 16th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

The Ministry of Environment announced on the 14th that it has set the execution rate target for sewerage projects at 60% for the first half of this year and will ensure that the projects proceed in a timely manner.

To achieve this, the ministry plans to shorten the administrative procedure period before ordering and contracting sewerage construction and will check the budget execution status of basic local governments together with metropolitan local governments. Projects with low execution rates in the first half of this year will have their budgets reduced next year.

Additionally, from the end of January for one month, the ministry will hold "Regional Briefings for Sewerage Budget Planning and Financial Execution" by dividing the country into four regions for sewerage officials of local governments nationwide.

The opinions of local government field officials collected at the regional briefings will be reflected in financial execution management.

This year’s sewerage sector budget is 2.7692 trillion won, an increase of 25% (556.7 billion won) compared to last year. Among this, the budget for urban flood response is 327.5 billion won, up 112.6% from last year, and the budget for rural sewerage maintenance is 633 billion won, an increase of 53.2%.

Kim Jong-ryul, Director of Water Environment Policy at the Ministry of Environment, said, "Public sewerage, along with public hygiene, is increasingly playing a role in preventing urban flooding due to repeated annual flood damage recently. We will strengthen financial management to ensure sewerage projects proceed on schedule, prioritizing the health and safety of the public, and will also encourage active cooperation from local governments."

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