President Yoon Suk-yeol Elected, Green Light for Daegu's 'Pending Projects = Campaign Promises'

All-Out Effort to Reflect Campaign Promises as National Tasks at the Inauguration of the Transition Committee

Yoon Seok-yeol, President-elect of the 20th Republic of Korea.
[Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] With the election of People Power Party candidate Yoon Seok-yeol as president, green lights have been turned on for Daegu City's pending projects promised during the presidential campaign.

On the 10th, Daegu City decided to respond swiftly by concretizing the pledged projects, developing supporting arguments, forming personal networks with central government ministries and political circles, and conducting explanatory activities to ensure that the pending issues pledged by President-elect Yoon are promptly adopted as national agenda items.

To this end, on the 11th, a "Presidential Pledge Progress Review Meeting" will be held under the chairmanship of the Planning and Coordination Office Director, and on the 22nd, Mayor Kwon Young-jin will hold a "Presidential Pledge Implementation Plan Report Meeting" to seek detailed response strategies for the adoption of the pledges as national agenda items.

Daegu City has high expectations for the 16 projects, including the prompt promotion of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk integrated new airport construction, which President-elect Yoon proposed as a regional campaign pledge.

The 14 pledges of President-elect Yoon, which were proposed and reflected by Daegu City, include: ▲ Prompt promotion of Daegu-Gyeongbuk integrated new airport construction ▲ Creation of an eco-friendly premium riverside cultural space along the Kumho River ▲ Establishment of a cultural and artistic hub on the sites of Daegu City Hall and the former Gyeongbuk Provincial Office ▲ Construction of a historical and cultural tourism belt through restoration of Gyeongsang Gamyeong and Dalseong earthen fortress ▲ Leap to a global hub city for service robots ▲ Establishment of an electric vehicle innovation industry cluster ▲ Development of Daegu as a software medical industry-centered city ▲ Transformation of the Dongdaegu Venture Valley area into a future innovation town ▲ Construction of Daegu National Smart Technology Industrial Complex ▲ Diversification of water intake sources in the Nakdong River basin ▲ Eco-friendly water-centered city, Daegu ▲ Advancement of the textile and dyeing industrial complex ▲ Major redevelopment of the Seodaegu station area into an eco-friendly cultural complex new town ▲ Early commencement of the Dalbit high-speed railway.

President-elect Yoon's own two pledges are: ▲ Undergrounding of the Gyeongbu Line high-speed railway section through downtown Daegu ▲ Establishment of a hub city for the digital data industry.

Mayor Kwon Young-jin of Daegu said, "I congratulate candidate Yoon Seok-yeol on his election as president together with 2.5 million Daegu citizens," and added, "Please keep the promised projects so that Daegu can take a leap forward."

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