Ganghwa County Materializes Roadmap for Citizen-Centric Projects

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Ganghwa County is concretizing its 2026 business plans by holding the '2026 Major Business Planning Report Meeting' through September 5th.

At the report meeting that began on September 1st, County Chief Park Yong-chul and senior officials to team leaders attended to review accomplishments over the past year and discuss implementation plans for a total of 419 implementation tasks including major issues and key policies for next year and newly discovered projects.

In particular, the county is conducting the report meeting with focus on discovering new projects that residents can substantially feel and formulating strategies to secure national and provincial budgets to realize the Eighth Democratically Elected County Administration's goal of 'Building Ganghwa Together through Communication and Harmony.'

The projects to be materialized as major new and core projects for next year are as follows.

First, in active communication with residents and on-site administration, discussions will include △ operation of a residents integration committee △ mobile county administrator's office operations △ construction of a community complex center in Seonwon-myeon △ new construction of residents autonomy centers in Hajeum-myeon, Yangsa-myeon, and Gyodong-myeon.

In the customized welfare sector for residents, these include △ construction of an annex to the senior welfare center △ construction of a disability community center △ emergency safety assurance service support for solitary elderly △ medical expense support for elderly knee artificial joint surgery.

In strengthening agricultural, livestock, and fisheries competitiveness and stabilizing residents' livelihoods, discussions will cover △ rural space restructuring projects △ parking environment improvement at Pungmul Market △ construction of an integrated CCTV control center △ provision of noise damage support funds.

To create a cultural tourism city where people want to stay and return to, the following will be addressed: △ establishment of the National Goryeo Museum △ construction of a comprehensive sports town △ creation of complex cultural spaces △ nighttime attraction development project for Manisan tourist site △ designation of a marine healing district and creation of marine tourism spaces △ creation of forest walking trails △ creation of coastal walking trails around Narut Buri Port.

To strengthen youth hope and future foundations, implementation plans for various policies will be discussed including △ preparing strategies to respond to designation as an economic free zone △ housing expense support for Ganghwa County university students △ new construction of a youth training center.

County Chief Park Yong-chul stated, "I will establish concrete implementation plans for visible results in the second year of the eighth democratically elected term," adding, "With a sense of mission and responsibility, I will do my best to create results that residents can empathize with and feel."