Gwangju Nam-gu 'Military Airport Noise Damage Compensation' Fully Launched

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Nam-gu, Gwangju announced on the 5th that it will actively promote noise damage compensation work for residents living around the military airport to compensate for noise damage caused by the operation of fighter jets of the Air Force 1st Fighter Wing.

This compensation is based on the Act on Prevention of Noise and Compensation for Damage from Military Airfields and Military Shooting Ranges, and 149 households living in certain areas such as Seokjeong-dong and Hwajang-dong around the military airport, which have been designated and announced as noise countermeasure areas, will receive damage compensation.

The residents here have been able to receive compensation after the Ministry of National Defense designated and announced the area as a noise countermeasure area around the end of December, following processes such as the Ministry of National Defense briefing sessions, collecting opinions through resident representatives and the internet since October last year.

The compensation criteria classify areas based on the unit of aircraft noise evaluation, the WECPNL (Weighted Equivalent Continuous Perceived Noise Level): areas with 95 WECPNL or higher are classified as Type 1 zones, 90 to 95 WECPNL as Type 2 zones, and 85 to 90 WECPNL as Type 3 zones.

Compensation per person is expected to be KRW 60,000 per month for Type 1 zones, and KRW 45,000 and KRW 30,000 per month for Type 2 and Type 3 zones, respectively.

Residents eligible to receive compensation this year are those who were registered as residents and actually lived in the noise countermeasure areas from December 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021.

The Ministry of National Defense plans to pay compensation once a year starting this year, considering the time of moving in and the length of residence.

Applications for compensation will be accepted for two months from the 10th of this month to February 28, and for residents’ convenience, on-site applications will be accepted at the Daechon-dong Administrative Welfare Center.

The compensation is expected to be paid around August after deliberation by the ‘Nam-gu Military Noise Countermeasure Committee,’ which will review matters such as the compensation recipients and amounts by zone and decisions on objections before payment.

A Nam-gu official stated, “We will do our best to promote the work so that the payment of compensation to residents in the noise countermeasure areas can proceed smoothly through close communication with the Ministry of National Defense.”

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