Gyeongbuk Cheongsong-gun Leads Efforts to Enhance Energy Welfare for Residents

- Construction of LPG Pipeline Network for About 150 Households in Cheongsong-eup Cheongun-ri Village

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, is implementing the ‘Cheongsong-eup Cheongun-ri LPG Pipeline Network Construction Project’ with a budget of 1.5 billion KRW.

Panoramic view of Cheongun-ri village, Cheongsong-eup, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk Province Photo by Cheongsong-gun

The LPG pipeline network construction project is aimed at supplying stable and affordable LPG gas by installing LPG storage tanks and pipelines to improve energy welfare for residents in rural areas where city gas (LNG) supply is difficult.

Cheongsong-gun completed the first county-level LPG pipeline network in the nation in 2018 in the Cheongsong-eup area (Wolmak 1·2-ri, Geumgok 1-ri), and last year completed village-level LPG pipeline network construction projects in Songseng-ri, Cheongsong-eup, and Gwangdeok 1-ri, Jinbo-myeon.

This project plans to install 5,456 meters of pipeline and 16 LPG storage facilities by the end of the year with a budget of 1.5 billion KRW (135 million KRW from the provincial government, 1.237 billion KRW from the county government, and 137 million KRW self-funded).

Through the LPG pipeline network construction project, about 150 households in Cheongun-ri village, Cheongsong-eup, will be supplied with clean fuel LPG gas stably.

Yoon Kyung-hee, the governor of Cheongsong-gun, said, “The LPG pipeline network construction project will reduce the economic burden on residents due to fuel use and greatly help increase convenience,” adding, “We will do our best to create ‘Oxygen Cafe Cheongsong-gun,’ a city of clean nature, by using eco-friendly fuel LPG gas.”