Gapyeong County Receives Top Rating in Gyeonggi Province Local River Policy Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Um In-yong reporter] Gapyeong County announced on the 4th that it was selected as the top-performing city/county in the new policy discovery category in the "2025 Local River Maintenance and Management Evaluation" conducted by Gyeonggi Province.

Gyeonggi Province recently evaluated 13 cities and counties across four categories: △new policy discovery △local river policy participation △maintenance management performance, and △river project compensation promotion.

Gapyeong County was previously selected as the top-performing city/county in the new policy discovery category at the "Local River New Policy Audition" held on September 30.

As a result, the county secured an incentive of 60 million won and 1 billion won in provincial funds for the "Jojong Stream Riverside-Friendly Space Creation Project."

With this selection, the county will begin full-scale implementation of the Jojong Stream Riverside-Friendly Space Creation Project, which involves creating one Korean archery range and approximately 1.5km of walking trails in the Jojong-myeon Hyeol-ri 557 area. The total project cost is 2 billion won, with half funded by provincial subsidies.

The county plans to begin detailed design service work in January next year for the Jojong Stream Riverside-Friendly Space Creation Project, with a completion target of December 2027, and will proceed with annual procedures.

Lee Yong-bok, construction division chief of Gapyeong County, stated, "The selection as the top-performing local government in the new policy discovery category is the result of steady efforts to improve river environment," and added, "We will cooperate with Gyeonggi Province to smoothly promote the Jojong Stream Riverside-Friendly Space Creation Project and provide benefits that residents can directly experience."