Pyeongtaek City Holds 2022 National/Provincial Budget Acquisition Planning Report Meeting

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held a "2022 National/Provincial Budget Acquisition Planning Report Meeting" on the 12th at the City Hall comprehensive situation room, chaired by the mayor.

Mayor Jeong Jang-seon, the deputy mayor, and heads of various departments and divisions attended the meeting, where they reported on projects targeted for national and provincial budget acquisition and discussed implementation strategies to secure project funding.

According to the comprehensive report by the Planning, Port and Economic Affairs Bureau, the target amount for major national and provincial budget acquisition is 1 trillion 172.9 billion won across 70 projects, consisting of 16 new projects worth 74 billion won and 54 ongoing projects worth 1 trillion 98.9 billion won.

By implementing agency, there are 50 in-house projects worth 176.9 billion won and 20 externally-operated projects worth 889.7 billion won.

Mayor Jeong Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek encouraged, "Please actively discover customized national and provincial budget projects and conduct budget acquisition activities."

He further urged, "In accordance with the government's budget compilation schedule, visit central ministries, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and Gyeonggi Province's project departments to explain the necessity of projects, and put in maximum effort under the responsibility of each department and division head in undertaking necessary activities."