If Gunwi and Uiseong Do Not Jointly Apply for Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport by the End of July, It Will Be 'Canceled'

Ministry of National Defense Holds Site Selection Committee on the 3rd, Grants Grace Period to Gunwi and Uiseong Counties

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] If Gunwi County and Uiseong County in Gyeongsangbuk-do do not jointly apply as candidates for the relocation of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport by the 31st, the new airport attraction project, which has been pursued for four years, will be canceled.

According to Daegu City on the 3rd, at the Integrated New Airport Site Selection Committee held at the Ministry of National Defense chaired by Minister Jeong Kyeong-du, it was decided to postpone the suitability decision for the joint candidate site (Sobo-myeon, Gunwi County and Bian-myeon, Uiseong County) until the 31st.

The selection committee consists of 19 members, including vice ministers of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment, and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; deputy heads of the Korea Forest Service and Cultural Heritage Administration; the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff; the Mayor of Daegu; the Governor of Gyeongbuk; the County Heads of Gunwi and Uiseong; and six civilian appointed members.

The meeting was held due to the intensification of regional conflicts and the ongoing deadlock in the project, as the Gunwi County Head did not apply for the Sobo area despite the residents' referendum results based on the relocation site selection criteria.

The selection committee decided to postpone the suitability judgment until the end of July and resolved that if no application is submitted during the postponement period, the site will automatically be deemed unsuitable.

The Minister of National Defense, who presided over the meeting, requested, "I ask the four local governments including the Mayor of Daegu and the Governor of Gyeongbuk, as well as related central administrative agencies, to actively cooperate and support the persuasion of the Gunwi County Head to apply for the attraction," and especially urged the County Heads of Gunwi and Uiseong to make a magnanimous decision for the development of the local community.

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