Daegu City and Gyeongbuk Province Agree to Place Integrated New Airport Main Gate in Uiseong ... Incentive Plan Announced

Ministry of National Defense to Hold Site Selection Committee Meeting on the 28th for 'Final Decision'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongbuk Province and Daegu City officially announced on the 25th the incentive plan agreed upon with Uiseong-gun, Gyeongbuk, the relocation site of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport.

Accordingly, at the 'Military Airport Relocation Site Selection Committee' scheduled for the 28th, the Ministry of National Defense is expected to put the final end to the long discussions surrounding the integrated new airport candidate site.

The incentive plan, announced in the form of a joint agreement by Gyeongbuk Governor Lee Cheol-woo and Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin on the same day, includes ▲ priority placement of military unit main gates, on-base residential facilities, welfare and sports facilities in Uiseong-gun ▲ establishment of an aviation logistics and aircraft maintenance industrial complex and residential complexes for related industry and logistics workers ▲ creation of an agro-food industry cluster ▲ construction of airport railway (Daegu~New Airport~Uiseong Station) and new road (4 lanes) from the provincial office to Uiseong ▲ development of a tourism and cultural complex (Uiseong Land) ▲ consultation with Uiseong-gun during the basic planning stage.

This plan was pre-agreed the day before by Uiseong-gun, Daegu City, and Gyeongbuk Province. Uiseong-gun had opposed the process of attracting the integrated new airport to the joint candidate site (Gunwi Sobo and Uiseong Bian), claiming that related projects were concentrated in Gunwi.

When Uiseong-gun Governor Kim Ju-su declared non-attendance at the relocation site selection committee scheduled for the 14th, Governor Lee Cheol-woo postponed the committee schedule by two weeks to the 28th and conducted behind-the-scenes negotiations with Daegu City and others regarding the incentive plan for Uiseong-gun.

Governor Lee Cheol-woo emphasized, "I fully understand the frustration and alienation of the Uiseong residents who had held their breath for the greater cause of preventing the collapse of the integrated new airport, and I will thoroughly ensure that no area is left out," adding, "For Uiseong, Gunwi, and Daegu-Gyeongbuk to welcome a new future through the integrated new airport, it is important to build a proper airport."

Meanwhile, once the final decision of the Military Airport Relocation Site Selection Committee is made on the 28th, the Ministry of National Defense, Daegu City, and Gyeongbuk Province will sequentially proceed with the military airport basic plan establishment, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's preliminary feasibility study for the integrated new airport's civilian airport, and the airport new city wide-area transportation network project starting from September.

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