Daegu City Council Member Kim Daehyun: "East-West Regional Imbalance, It's Time to Establish Measures"

Urging Measures Through a 5-Minute Speech

Daegu City Council member Kim Dae-hyun (People Power Party, Seo-gu 1) urged the establishment of measures to address regional imbalance within Daegu during a 5-minute free speech at the 3rd plenary session of the 304th extraordinary meeting held on the 20th.

Council member Kim emphasized that “Daegu is a single survival community in itself, and regional growth has stagnated due to long-standing regional imbalances,” asserting the urgent need for Daegu to establish countermeasures.

Daegu City Council Member Kim Daehyun.

Kim Dae-hyun stated, “The regional imbalance in Daegu appears as structural differences between the western and eastern parts of the city. Although areas such as Sangjung-dong in Seo-gu and Seongseo in Dalseo-gu are like the heart of Daegu’s economy, they have long been neglected in regional policies and have become concentrated with various undesirable facilities.”

In Seo-gu and Dalseo-gu of Daegu, there are odor-causing facilities such as food waste treatment plants, Dalseocheon and northern sewage treatment plants, dyeing industrial complex wastewater treatment plants, and the Bangcheon-ri landfill, as well as hazardous facilities including the Seongseo waste incineration plant, two combined heat and power plants, and a gas pressure regulation station.

Council member Kim said, “If some residents of Daegu have endured the hardships of daily life for the public good of the entire city for a long time, then looking ahead to Daegu’s rise and the next 50 years, shouldn’t their issues now be addressed as administrative policy matters?” He emphasized that Daegu City should establish a cooperative system with Seo-gu and Dalseo-gu, the parties involved, to resolve issues related to undesirable facilities.

Kim also argued, “When the Sang-ri food waste treatment plant in Seo-gu, Daegu was first built, Daegu City promised nearby residents that the new construction method would have little impact on the surrounding environment. Now, it is time to take responsible measures regarding the policy outcomes.”

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