Gyeonggi Province Cities and Counties Can't Spend Allocated Budget… 162 Billion Won 'Carried Over'

Budgets allocated by Gyeonggi Province to cities and counties are not being executed on schedule. Last year, more than 60 projects had execution rates below 50%, and 162 billion won in provincial funds were carried over to the next fiscal year.

According to the Budget and Settlement Special Committee of the Provincial Assembly on the 17th, among the provincial subsidy projects planned by cities and counties in the province last year, 63 projects had execution rates below 50%.

The province provided a total of 244.4 billion won in subsidies for these projects, but only 81 billion won, or 33%, was actually executed. The remaining 163.4 billion won, or 67%, was carried over (161.8 billion won) due to delayed administrative procedures or remained unspent (1.6 billion won).

Looking at specific projects, the Anseong Wongok Logistics Complex access road construction budget of 4.4 billion won had only 3 million won spent, with 99% carried over.

Nine projects, including the Energy-Saving High-Efficiency Equipment Distribution Project (1.3 billion won), the Incheon Seogu-Gimpo New City Road Expansion Project (1.9 billion won), the Ansan Seong-Eo Park Gate Ball Court Construction Project (1.1 billion won), and the Public Design Pilot Project (1.2 billion won), had over 90% of their budgets unexecuted.

Budgets for the Bucheon Gulpo Stream Total Nitrogen Processing Facility Installation (2.8 billion won), the Seongnam Advanced Traffic Management System Construction (1.2 billion won), and the Green Belt Area Resident Support Project (1 billion won) were also carried over.

Projects including the Hwaseong Jeongnam Sewer Line Maintenance Project (2.6 billion won), the Yangju Youth Training Center Function Enhancement Project (1.1 billion won), the Dongducheon Central Station Area Development Project (700 million won), and the Ansan Family Camping Site Development Project (500 million won) also extended beyond the fiscal year.

A provincial assembly member stated, "This is the result of administration that fails to thoroughly establish project plans and merely tries to secure provincial funding first," adding that "the province must ensure strict execution management of subsidy project budgets allocated to cities and counties."