Hong Joon-pyo Proposes Special Law for Daegu New Airport... "Opening an Era of Regional Hub Airports"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] On the 24th, independent lawmaker Hong Jun-pyo held a press conference in Daegu and unveiled a draft of the "Daegu Integrated New Airport Special Act," which contains the necessary provisions for the construction and development of the Daegu Integrated New Airport.

This law includes administrative and financial support for the construction of the Daegu Integrated New Airport and the development of the former site.

To secure budget support from the central government, it stipulates the provision of necessary funds for the construction of the integrated new airport and the development project of the former site, and prioritizes budget support for transportation facilities such as railroads and roads related to the integrated new airport, new town development, logistics infrastructure, and industrial complex creation.

Additionally, it establishes a Promotion Committee for the construction of the integrated new airport and the development of the former site under the Prime Minister, and creates a new Integrated New Airport Construction Agency. Through special cases and agendas including exemption from preliminary feasibility studies, it relaxes regulations and administrative permits related to 29 laws concerning new airport construction and 101 laws concerning former site development.

Lawmaker Hong said, "The future world is the era of the sky, and it is time to change South Korea's airport policy from the metropolitan Incheon Airport-centered system to a regional hub airport era that opens the era of local regions."

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