Gyeonggi Province Promotes Resident Support Project for Development-Restricted Areas

Gyeonggi Province is promoting a resident support project for development-restricted areas.

The resident support project for development-restricted areas is a system in which the national and local governments support projects such as roads, parks, housing improvement, and living cost subsidies for residents whose daily lives are restricted by Green Belt regulations.

When a city or county prepares a plan and submits it to Gyeonggi Province, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reviews it and provides 70% to 90% of the total project cost as national funding.

The types of support under the resident support project are: ▲ living infrastructure projects such as road and small stream maintenance, construction of communal work facilities, and support projects to improve transportation convenience for mobility-disadvantaged groups ▲ environmental and cultural projects to create development-restricted areas as attractive recreational spaces, such as eco-trails, leisure green spaces, and landscape projects ▲ subsidy projects for the improvement of old houses to enhance the residential environment of residents living in the area at the time of designation ▲ living cost subsidy projects to support low-income households among the households residing there at the time of designation.

A village shared farm machinery storage facility established through a resident support project in the development-restricted area.

After conducting document and on-site evaluations, as well as consulting external experts on the submitted projects, Gyeonggi Province will assign priorities according to the support criteria for the resident support project and submit them to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The final selection will be made around September 2026.

Kim Suhyeong, Head of Regional Policy at Gyeonggi Province, said, "Due to strict activity restrictions that have been in place for decades, development-restricted areas still suffer from poor infrastructure and living conditions," adding, "We ask for your interest so that selection for the resident support project can help improve the welfare of residents living in development-restricted areas and ease the financial burden on cities and counties through national funding support."

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