Gyeongnam Governor Park Wansu: "Active Development of the South Coast Needed, Ministry of Land Support Essential"

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - Bu-Ul-Gyeong Regional Development Cooperation Meeting Held

Agreement on Mutual Cooperation for Super Metropolitan Area Joint Growth

Park Wan-su, Governor of Gyeongnam Province, is attending the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport-Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam Regional Development Cooperation Meeting to request support for local issues.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] “We must actively develop the South Coast to attract global tourism demand and make it a growth engine for the Republic of Korea.”

Park Wan-su, Governor of Gyeongnam Province, said this on the morning of the 19th at Nurimaru in Haeundae, Busan, during the ‘Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport-BUULGYEONG Regional Development Cooperation Meeting.’

The meeting, hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to support the co-growth of BUULGYEONG, included an introduction to the Ministry’s regional balanced development policies, presentations on projects supporting BUULGYEONG co-growth, and proposals on major regional issues.

The meeting was attended by Minister Won Hee-ryong of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Governor Park, Busan Mayor Park Hyung-joon, and Ulsan Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom.

In his opening remarks, Governor Park said, “We hope for the Ministry’s active cooperation on joint research for the creation of the South Coast Tourism Belt and the establishment of the South Coast Island Highway.”

He also emphasized the need to ▲ establish a new high-speed train on the Gyeongjeon Line bound for Suseo to resolve high-speed rail service imbalances ▲ upgrade the road between Geoje and Busan to a highway and promote local roads to national roads to connect regional development axes ▲ improve systems related to development-restricted zones to secure industrial sites for defense and nuclear power industries.

On that day, Gyeongnam Province proposed ▲ measures to support the success of the Geoje Jangmok Project ▲ regulatory improvements on land expropriation in tourism complexes ▲ lifting of development-restricted zones ▲ designation of new national industrial complexes ▲ designation of Masan Free Trade Zone industrial complexes ▲ revision of the Gadeokdo New Airport Act to create a logistics hub hinterland city.

They also requested support for major issues requiring linkage with national land development, such as ▲ development of a future air mobility (UAM) South Coast demonstration base and tourism pilot routes ▲ expansion of metropolitan road networks to establish a growth axis in the southeastern region ▲ upgrade of the Geoga-daero to a high-speed national highway ▲ construction of a metropolitan railway network.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport promised, “BUULGYEONG, the economic zone second only to the metropolitan area, has a solid industrial base and strong aviation and logistics hub functions, so we will support its growth into a global-level super metropolitan area.”

Minister Won said, “To establish a balanced development policy framework led by regions and supported by the government, we will fully operate the Regional Balanced Development Support Group within the Ministry. Starting with this meeting, we will continue to gather regional opinions and specify the support the Ministry will provide for regional growth.”

Materials on the three major national land and transportation initiatives for the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam super metropolitan area.
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On the same day, Gyeongnam Province signed an agreement with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Busan City, and Ulsan City on ‘Mutual Cooperation for Balanced National Development and Co-Growth of the BUULGYEONG Super Metropolitan Area.’

The four institutions agreed to cooperate and support 16 projects in three major areas: ▲ completion of a one-hour living zone in BUULGYEONG ▲ fostering advanced land and transportation industries specialized in BUULGYEONG ▲ attracting and successfully hosting the 2030 Global Expo.

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