'Creating a Safe Living Environment That Residents Can Feel'... Gwangju Metropolitan City to Spend 274.8 Billion Won Next Year to Improve 156 Disaster-Risk Districts

【Financial News, Jeonnam-Gwangju = Reporter Hwang Tae-jong】 Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City (Gwangju Metropolitan City) will spend 274.8 billion won next year to improve 156 disaster-risk districts and create a safe living environment that residents can feel. The projects cover 33 new districts and 123 continuing districts, with total project costs amounting to approximately 2.6 trillion won.
In particular, the 33 new districts include areas that suffered extensive damage from torrential rains, such as Unamcheon in Naju, Sinan District in Buk District, Gwangju, Yuchon District in Seo District, Gwangju, and Iyang District in Hwasun. A total of 30.4 billion won will be invested first next year, while the total project cost is 388.9 billion won.
Gwangju Metropolitan City Mayor Min Hyung-bae emphasized, "Improving disaster-risk areas in advance is the most effective way to reduce damage from disasters. We will carefully identify and address disaster-risk factors, focusing on areas that have actually suffered damage, to create a safe integrated special city that protects residents' lives and property."
Meanwhile, the disaster-risk area improvement projects are being carried out by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to proactively improve disaster-vulnerable facilities and areas, prevent damage from similar disasters such as torrential rains, and protect residents' lives and property.
In line with government policies, including the expansion of the Comprehensive Improvement Project for Storm and Flood Disaster-Prone Living Areas, through which multiple ministries collaborate to address disaster-risk factors at the local level, Gwangju Metropolitan City proactively identified potential project sites. It also continuously explained to central government ministries the urgency of the projects and the need for national funding, resulting in the inclusion of all 33 new districts.
To ensure that the projects move forward promptly, the city plans to expedite administrative procedures, including detailed design, preliminary design reviews, and compensation. It will also operate the Disaster Prevention Project Carryover Prevention Task Force to regularly monitor project progress and budget execution.

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