Ganghwa County Preparing 'Long-term Comprehensive Development Plan' for Future Vision

[Suwon Ilbo=Ki-ho Choi, Reporter] Ganghwa County has begun preparing a 'long-term comprehensive development plan' for its future vision.

The county held a kickoff report meeting for the '2035 Ganghwa County Long-term Comprehensive Development Plan' in the video conference room of the county office on the 18th to discover future visions and strategic projects.

The meeting was conducted with County Governor Yu Cheon-ho, Vice County Governor, and department and division heads in attendance, proceeding with reports on implementation plans by the service provider, the Korea Institute for Public Administration and Autonomy, and discussions.

In the '2035 Ganghwa County Long-term Comprehensive Development Plan,' the county will ensure connectivity with higher-level plans such as the Fifth National Territorial Comprehensive Plan (2020-2040), the West Coast Comprehensive Development Plan, the Incheon Urban Basic Plan, and the Incheon Waterfront City Creation Basic Plan. The plan will incorporate medium to long-term policy tasks that discover new growth engines in response to rapidly changing domestic and international conditions such as the post-COVID era, metaverse where the virtual becomes reality, and carbon neutrality.

The Korea Institute for Public Administration and Autonomy reported a service plan with focus on establishing five strategic directions—▲countermeasures against population decline and regional disappearance ▲global history and culture tourism city ▲realization of carbon-neutral city ▲Ganghwa-specialized projects ▲establishment of Ganghwa County's identity—and formulating detailed implementation plans for goal realization by sector.

In particular, utilizing strategic transportation networks including the Gyeyang-Ganghwa Expressway, the West Sea Peace Road (Incheon Airport-Ganghwa-Kaesong/Haeju), National Route 48, and Local Road 84, the county plans to derive implementation plans for development as an economic exchange hub city between North and South, improvement in residents' quality of life, and specialized regional competitiveness.

Beginning with today's kickoff report meeting, the county plans to operate task forces composed of experts, conduct field surveys, conduct resident interviews, hold resident participation workshops, and hold public briefings to finalize a sustainable and implementable plan that can be shared with residents by January of next year.

County Governor Yu Cheon-ho stated, "Please communicate sufficiently with residents and comprehensively review feasibility and expected effects from the perspective of residents' interests to ensure that the planning process is conducted with full effort so that Ganghwa County becomes a prosperous county where all residents can be happy."