Ganghwa County Secures 20.2 Billion Won in National Funding for 2022 Special Situation Area Development Projects

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Shin Eun-seop] Ganghwa County announced on the 10th that it has secured 20.2 billion won in national funding for the "2022 Special Situation Area Development Projects."

The Special Situation Area projects apply to all of Ganghwa County, a border region, under the "Special Law on National Balanced Development," with national funding provided at up to 80% through special accounting for balanced development.

The county applied for 3 new projects and 16 continuing projects for special situation area development, securing 20.2 billion won in national funding, an increase of 4.6 billion won from the previous year.

Additionally, due to rapid project execution, the county's special area development projects were selected as excellent projects, resulting in an additional 420 million won in incentive budget.

The new projects for 2022 include ▲Dongsan-ri Peace Ecology Village Creation (200 million won) ▲Comprehensive Maintenance of Daebin-chang Back Beach (1 billion won) ▲Jumun Island Desirable Mudflat Village Creation Project (Phase 1) (50 million won).

Continuing projects include ▲Complex Community Center Construction (1.8 billion won) ▲Jumun Island Tourism Infrastructure (County Road 101) Connection Road (2.7 billion won) ▲Boleum Island Tourism Infrastructure (County Road 19) Connection Road (1.5 billion won) ▲Seongmo Island Tourism Complex Basic Facility Maintenance (2.3 billion won) ▲Seongmo Island Bypass Road Maintenance (1.6 billion won) ▲Gyeodong Agricultural Water Supply Project (1.8 billion won) and a total of 19 projects.

County Governor Yu Cheon-ho stated, "Together with department heads, we actively visited the National Assembly and central government ministries such as the Ministry of Strategy and Finance to explain the necessity and justification of national funding support projects for the improvement of residents' living standards," adding "By securing more national funding than this year, we expect to bring vitality to the stagnant regional economy."