Busan City Accelerates 'Gadeok New Airport'... Full Meeting of Technical Committee to Be Held on the 10th

Full-scale Support for New Airport Promotion with Top Airport Experts

Strengthening Construction Momentum through Step-by-Step and Sector-Specific Technical Advice

Opening Before 2030 Busan World Expo in Cooperation with MOLIT

Gadeokdo, Gangseo-gu, Busan, where the construction of a new airport is being promoted. Below is Busan New Port. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Busan Metropolitan City's efforts to expedite the construction of Gadeokdo New Airport are gaining momentum.

Busan City (Mayor Park Hyung-joon) announced on the 9th that it will hold a full meeting of the 'Gadeokdo New Airport Technical Committee' at 2 p.m. on the 10th in the small conference room on the 12th floor of City Hall to properly and promptly construct Gadeokdo New Airport.

The Technical Committee is composed of 48 top-level domestic and international experts in six fields (24 from overseas and the Seoul metropolitan area, 24 from Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam).

At this full meeting, experts from each field will share the construction direction, current issues, and solutions for Gadeokdo New Airport and will begin full-scale support for the airport's construction.

Busan City plans to provide procedural and technical advice necessary for airport development at each stage, such as preliminary feasibility studies and basic plan establishment, through the Technical Committee.

Additionally, through technical advice on key areas such as project costs, safety, constructability, environmental aspects, aviation demand, and access transportation, the city aims to ensure the smooth progress of Gadeokdo New Airport construction.

Since many Technical Committee members also serve as advisory members of the 'Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Preliminary Feasibility Study Advisory Committee,' technical advice related to the new airport construction is expected to intensify once the main study begins.

Busan Mayor Park Hyung-joon said, "As the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is properly proceeding with administrative procedures for the construction of Gadeokdo New Airport, we expect to strengthen the driving force for the airport's construction through the Technical Committee."

The mayor added, "We will do our best, including close cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, to ensure that Gadeokdo New Airport opens before the 2030 Busan World Expo."

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