Mayor Kim Sung-je of Uiwang City Executing Pledges at 72% Rate in Eighth Civilian Government

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Chung-young] Mayor Kim Sung-je of Uiwang City held a '2024 First Quarter Pledge Project Implementation Status Report Meeting' in the conference room of City Hall on the 23rd, discussing with senior civil servants ways to expedite pledge implementation and resolve outstanding issues.

Mayor Kim's pledge projects for the eighth civilian government consist of a total of 81 projects, of which 30 have been completed, with an overall implementation rate of 72% for all pledges.

The city is prioritizing livelihood projects directly related to citizens' lives and has completed pledge implementations including △elderly life and health enhancement projects △free senior bus ride support △expansion of elderly job opportunities to 30,000 positions △postpartum care and maternal health manager support △youth career and academic counseling center operations △youth smart health management project implementation △and development of the Uiwang-type childcare center model.

In particular, the meeting highlighted that the Uiwang City route plan for the Wiryeseong-Gwacheon Line Uiwang extension pledge project, presented as an intermediate target, was finally included in the 'Gyeonggi Province Railway Network Construction Plan' last month. This was followed by discussions on the schedule and strategy to achieve the eighth civilian government's final goal of inclusion in the Fifth National Railroad Network Construction Plan.

Additionally, the meeting included a review of the implementation status of major administrative procedures to ensure that citizen convenience facilities projects currently in normal progress, including the Cultural Arts Center, Future Education Center, and Bugok Community Center, proceed without delays.

Mayor Kim Sung-je of Uiwang City urged, "I hope you will make every effort to implement pledges so that citizens' lives can be improved by actively pursuing current major policy projects in a direction of supplementation and advancement, and by ensuring smooth progress of urban development projects such as Omaegi District, Wanggok District, and Poil-dong Industrial Complex."