Hwaseong-si Accepts Compensation Applications for Military Airport Noise Damage

For Residents in Noise Control Areas... Until the 29th of Next Month

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province is accepting applications for 'Military Airport Noise Damage Compensation' from residents in noise control areas under the Military Noise Compensation Act until the 29th of next month.

The eligible recipients are residents registered in the noise control areas of Suwon Air Force Base (K-13) and Osan Air Force Base (K-55) who actually resided there from January 1 to December 31 of last year, as well as those who did not apply in 2022 and 2023.

The noise control areas include parts of Hwasan-dong, Jinan-dong, Byeongjeom 1-dong, Gibaedong, and Yanggam-myeon.

The compensation amounts are ▲ up to 60,000 KRW per month for Type 1 areas ▲ 45,000 KRW per month for Type 2 areas ▲ 30,000 KRW per month for Type 3 areas, and may be reduced depending on the time of moving in, actual residence days, and workplace.

The final compensation amount will be individually notified by the end of May after review and is scheduled to be paid by the end of August.

The city plans to send compensation application notices and forms by mail to each household by early January. Compensation applications can be submitted by visiting the administrative welfare centers of Hwasan-dong, Gibaedong, Yanggam-myeon, and the Eastern Branch Office, or via mail, fax, or Hwaseong City's Military Noise Damage Compensation website.

Park Hye-jeong, head of Hwaseong City's Military Airport Response Division, said, "We will actively promote to ensure that all citizens affected by military airport noise receive compensation without omission."

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