Gyeonggi Province Supports up to 90% of Resident Support Project Costs Including Greenbelt Road Development

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province is accepting applications for the "2023 Greenbelt Resident Support Project" through February 18, providing up to 90% support for project costs including road development and low-income household electricity bill subsidies in areas inconvenienced by greenbelt designations.

The support items for this resident support project include ▲infrastructure expansion projects for living foundations such as roads, parking lots, and community halls ▲environment and culture projects that improve welfare and culture such as ecological corridors and leisure green spaces ▲living expense support projects providing tuition and electricity costs to low-income residents within the area ▲deteriorated housing renovation subsidy projects for residential environment improvement ▲LPG small storage tank distribution projects to reduce heating costs for residents.

Among these, the deteriorated housing renovation subsidy project provides one-time support of up to 20 million won for costs related to house reconstruction, major repairs, remodeling, and functional improvements for residents who have lived in the greenbelt area since its designation, own a house built 20 or more years ago, and have actually resided there for 3 or more years. Residents must bear 10% of total costs out-of-pocket.

Each city and county's greenbelt management department must sufficiently gather opinions from greenbelt residents and submit application projects to the province by February 18.

Received projects will undergo written and on-site evaluation by the province and expert consultation, then be assigned priorities according to resident support project support criteria before submission to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

Final selection by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will be completed in September, and project costs of 70-90% can be supported depending on each city and county's fiscal self-reliance rate.

Ryu Ho-guk, Director of Regional Policy at Gyeonggi Province, stated: "When selected for resident support projects, financial problems that were burdensome for cities and counties to directly implement can be resolved, such as exemptions from greenbelt conservation contribution fees and sequential financial support." He added, "We appreciate your keen interest in improving resident inconveniences."

Meanwhile, the province plans to support 45 greenbelt resident support projects this year by investing 27.5 billion won—19.5 billion won in national funds and 8 billion won in local funds—including Suwon City's Dansoo Athletic Park Development Project and Yangju City's Songchugol Road Improvement Project.