Osan City Secures 6.17 Billion Won in Special Gyeonggi Province Adjustment Grants

[Suwon Ilbo=Park Chan-hyuk Reporter] Osan City announced on the 3rd that it has secured 6.17 billion won in special Gyeonggi Province adjustment grants (hereinafter special grants) last year.

The city actively collaborated with Gyeonggi Province and the People Power Party of Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly to protect citizen safety and resolve local issues, accelerating efforts to secure special grants, and successfully secured budgets for △landscape lighting installation at Dolmen Park (2.2 billion won) and △paddling pool installations in Chungho-dong and Busan-dong (2.2 billion won).

Prior to this, Mayor Lee launched a light festival project utilizing Osan's major resources shortly after taking office in the 8th popular election term. With the landscape lighting installation budget for Dolmen Park now included in the special grants, the groundwork for promoting the light festival has been established.

The paddling pools are also one of the priority projects pursued by Mayor Lee Kwon-jae to provide children with a space to rest and play while escaping extreme summer heat.

Additionally, for citizen leisure activity safety protection, the city secured budgets for △Yeogye Mountain urban forest path maintenance project (350 million won) △children's park cork flooring replacement (300 million won) △Maksum-teo Park inline skating rink repair work (150 million won) and △Osan Municipal Art Museum aging facility improvement (100 million won).

For citizen nighttime and pedestrian safety, the city also secured budgets for △pedestrian signal red remaining time display installation (50 million won) and △crime prevention CCTV installation (350 million won).

The city also secured numerous budgets for public facility improvement projects including △Osan Five-Color Market LED lighting replacement (100 million won) △Milmeri-gil public parking lot facility improvement (230 million won) and △Doksan Fortress East Gate parking lot barrier gate installation (140 million won).

Mayor Lee Kwon-jae stated, "Creating conditions for citizens to live comfortably and enjoy leisure activities safely is the most important matter for a city mayor," and added, "Going forward, as the number one salesman, I will make every effort to secure special grants and other budgets to the maximum extent through collaboration with Gyeonggi Province, the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly, and the People Power Party."