'Public Verification of Dongnam Region Gateway Airport' YouTube Video Released

｜Co-produced by Assemblyman Song Young-gil and the Southeast Gateway Airport Promotion Committee
｜Comprehensive verification in areas including overall management, facility operation demand, safety, noise, and environment

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yang Hee-jung] A YouTube video series aimed at verifying the Gimhae Airport expansion plan advocated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is gaining attention. This video was jointly produced by Song Young-gil, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, and the Southeast Gateway Airport Promotion Committee.

The video series titled "Southeast Gateway Airport! The Public Verifies? Uncovering the Problems of the Gimhae Airport Expansion Plan" is significant as it was released while the Prime Minister's Office is conducting verification on whether the new Gimhae Airport is appropriate as a gateway airport.

The video is divided into five parts. Part 1 addresses the overall issues of the Gimhae New Airport expansion plan with Lee Jae-hee, former president of Incheon International Airport Corporation. Part 2 deals with facility operation demand issues with Choi Chi-guk, director of the Korea Policy Contribution Research Institute. Part 3 features Jeong Heon-young, professor of urban engineering at Pusan National University, reviewing safety issues. Part 4 discusses noise problems with Park Young-hwan, president of the Korea Aviation Noise Association. The final Part 5 covers environmental issues with Park Chang-geun, professor of civil engineering at Catholic Kwandong University.

Representative Song stated, "It is absurd to call Gimhae Airport, which currently faces numerous problems such as safety, noise, expandability, and environment, a 'new airport' by simply adding one more runway," emphasizing, "A Southeast gateway airport should be built over the open sea like Incheon Airport, so that future generations will appreciate it every time they use the airport."

He also argued that a Southeast gateway airport capable of expansion, safety, and 24-hour operation is necessary to attract foreign capital and companies to revive the stagnant economy of the Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam regions.

A representative of the Southeast Gateway Airport Promotion Committee stated, "We produced the video to accurately inform the public about the problems of the Gimhae Airport expansion plan and to spread nationwide consensus on the necessity of building a proper gateway airport," adding, "We hope the verification results from the Prime Minister's Office Gimhae New Airport Verification Committee will be promptly released so that the verification issue does not become a political agenda."

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