What Is the Fate of Jeju 2nd Airport?… Ministry of Environment to Announce Consent Decision Tomorrow
The Ministry of Environment announced on the 5th that it will release its consultation opinion on the strategic environmental impact assessment for the construction project of Jeju Second Airport on the 6th.
The Jeju Second Airport construction project involves building a new airport separate from the existing Jeju International Airport located in Jeju City. The new airport will be constructed in the Onpyeong-ri area of Seongsan-eup, Seogwipo City, covering 5,457,000㎡ with a single runway 3,200 meters long.
According to the Environmental Impact Assessment Act, constructing an airport requires undergoing a strategic environmental impact assessment during the basic planning stage to review the plan and site suitability and feasibility from an environmental perspective.
The project implementer, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, submitted the strategic environmental impact assessment report for the Jeju Second Airport construction project to the Ministry of Environment in September 2019. After receiving feedback pointing out deficiencies in the report, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport supplemented and resubmitted the report twice, in December 2019 and June 2021. However, the revised report submitted in June 2021 was rejected in July of the same year for "omitting important matters necessary for consultation and insufficient supplementary content."
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport made further revisions and submitted the report again to the Ministry of Environment on January 5th. The Ministry of Environment's opinion on this will be announced on the 6th.
The Ministry of Environment can issue one of three opinions: consent, conditional consent, or non-consent. If consent is given, the construction of Jeju Second Airport will proceed; if non-consent is given, the project will be halted.
Even if the strategic environmental impact assessment consultation opinion is presented as consent this time, the project is not yet confirmed to proceed. Afterward, when the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announces the basic plan for the Second Airport, an environmental impact assessment must be conducted subsequently.
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The reason for building a second airport in Jeju is that the current airport is saturated and frequently experiences cancellations due to severe weather conditions such as sudden gusts and strong winds. In January of this year, there were 3,337 delayed flights departing from or arriving at Jeju Airport, about 780 more than the 2,553 delayed flights at Gimpo Airport.
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