Taean County Selected for 38 Project Bids This Year... Secures 87.5 Billion Won in National and Provincial Funds

National Funds of Approximately 13.9 Billion Won and Provincial Funds of 36.4 Billion Won, etc.

Aerial view of Taean County Office, Chungnam. /Photo by Taean County

Taean County in South Chungcheong Province has secured a total project budget of 87.58 billion KRW this year by being selected for various public contest projects.

The county announced that, as a result of its all-out efforts to promote public contest projects for regional development this year, it secured a total of 87.588 billion KRW in project funds?including 13.985 billion KRW in national funds and 36.4 billion KRW in provincial funds?for 38 projects, including the General Agricultural and Fishing Village Development Project.

The project with the largest amount of national funding secured is the "2025 General Agricultural and Fishing Village Development Project in the Fishing Village Sector." At the end of May, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that the Sachang and Dangsan areas (Sachang 2 and 3-ri, Dangsan 3-ri in Iwon-myeon) had been selected, securing a total project budget of 6.878 billion KRW, including 4.814 billion KRW in national funds.

In addition, in January this year, Jeongsanpo Port was finally selected for the "2024 Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project" hosted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, allowing for an investment of 5 billion KRW (3.5 billion KRW in national funds). In October, the Geunheung-myeon Indoor Gymnasium Construction Project was selected in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's contest for "Support for Expansion of Living Sports Facilities," resulting in a total project budget of 10 billion KRW (3 billion KRW in national funds).

Achievements were also made in strategic projects aimed at securing future regional food resources and responding to regional extinction. Last month, as a result of the "2025 Chungnam-type Rural Live Together Follow-up Project (2nd round)" hosted by Chungcheongnam-do, the Nam-myeon district in Taean was selected. Accordingly, a total project budget of 12.068 billion KRW, including more than 11.8 billion KRW in provincial funds, will be invested to build a high-quality rural public rental housing complex in the Mongsan-ri area of Nam-myeon by 2027.

Additionally, significant achievements were made in the second phase of the second Chungcheongnam-do Regional Balanced Development Project, including the "Mallipo-nia Marine Leisure Tourism Hub" project (15 billion KRW in provincial funds, total budget 30 billion KRW secured) and the "Sand Museum" project (4.65 billion KRW in provincial funds, total budget 9.3 billion KRW secured). For the "autonomous city/county projects" type of regional balanced development, Taean County's allocation is 62.6 billion KRW, and the county plans to make every effort to secure the full amount by the end of this year.

Other achievements as of the 4th include: △Construction of the Central Region Park Golf Course (1.8 billion KRW project budget) △Support for Livestock Odor Improvement (1.665 billion KRW project budget) △Support for Agricultural Products Distribution Center (2.768 billion KRW project budget) △Creation of Anheung Historical Scenic Trail (2 billion KRW project budget) △Creation of a Pleasant Urban Street Environment (1 billion KRW project budget), with a total of 38 public contest projects selected, brightening the outlook for the region's future.

The county plans to continue its efforts to be selected for additional public contest projects that will be announced within the remainder of this year, while also preparing thoroughly to secure national and provincial funds for various projects to be promoted next year.

County Governor Gasero said, "Securing national and provincial funds is more important than anything else to promote various projects that will open the way for regional development," adding, "Building on this year's achievements, we will continue our efforts to secure as much budget as possible for the promotion of large-scale mid- and long-term projects in the future."

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