Will the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport Find a Last-Minute 'Breakthrough'... Proposal to Incorporate Gunwi-gun into Daegu City

Gyeongbuk Province and Daegu City Announce Bold Incentives Two Days Before Bid Application Deadline

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] On the 27th, two days before the deadline for submitting applications to host the joint relocation site of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport (Bian-myeon, Uiseong-gun · Sobo-myeon, Gunwi-gun), Gyeongbuk Province and Daegu City presented Gunwi-gun with a groundbreaking incentive plan including 'promotion of incorporation into Daegu.'

If Gunwi-gun, which insists on hosting the sole relocation site (Ubo-myeon, Gunwi-gun), does not submit an application for the joint relocation site by the 31st, the TK New Airport project will return to square one.

On the 29th, Kim Jin-sang, head of Daegu City's Integrated New Airport Promotion Headquarters, representing Gyeongbuk Governor Lee Cheol-woo and Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin, announced an appeal and the incentive agreement presented to Gunwi-gun at the Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Press Center.

Governor Lee said, "The construction of the integrated new airport is a historic great hope for Daegu and Gyeongbuk that will instantly revive the region's economy, which has been devastated by decades of economic stagnation and COVID-19," adding, "I stand here again with a desperate heart. We will spare no support for the development and leap of Gunwi-gun."

He continued, "For the development of Gunwi and Daegu-Gyeongbuk, the county head and residents must not miss the opportunity for the leap they have dreamed of and longed for," unveiling a joint agreement signed by the Daegu Mayor, Daegu City Council Chairman, Gyeongbuk Provincial Council Chairman, and Future United Party lawmakers Kwak Sang-do and Lee Man-hee.

The agreement presented to Gunwi-gun includes placing the civilian airport terminal, airport access road, and military off-base housing in Gunwi-gun, while developing airport new towns such as the hinterland industrial complex with 3.3 million square meters each in Gunwi-gun and Uiseong-gun until the completion of the airport relocation project. It also includes building the Daegu-Gyeongbuk civil servant training facility in Gunwi-gun, constructing a thoroughfare in Gunwi-gun before the airport relocation project, and promoting the incorporation of Gunwi-gun into Daegu City.

Governor Lee introduced, "Today, the Minister of National Defense proposed that if the residents wish, a referendum can be held to confirm their opinion on the joint candidate site," and added, "Regarding the mediation plan, if local governments agree, the selection committee will be convened and will actively support it."

Meanwhile, on the 3rd, the Ministry of National Defense's Daegu Military Airport Relocation Site Selection Committee judged the sole relocation site applied for by Gunwi-gun as unsuitable and postponed the final candidate site decision until the 31st. If Gunwi-gun and Uiseong-gun do not jointly apply by this day, the project will be canceled and is expected to be reconsidered at a new location.

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