Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk, Proposes "Multiple Cargo Terminals at TK New Airport"... Park Sang-woo, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Says "Will Actively Consider"

Gyeongbuk Governor Lee Cheol-woo met with Park Sang-woo, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on the 26th and strongly urged the “multiple installation of cargo terminals at Daegu-Gyeongbuk Airport.”

At the ‘Signing Ceremony for the Rapid Establishment of New National Industrial Complexes’ held at the Seoul Station conference room that day, Governor Lee requested the multiple installation of cargo terminals to Minister Park, who reportedly said, “We will actively review the proposal for multiple cargo terminals at Daegu-Gyeongbuk Airport submitted by Gyeongbuk Province.”

Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk Province (right), is strongly urging Park Sang-woo, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, whom he met at the Seoul Station conference room, to install multiple cargo terminals at the TK New Airport.

The proposal for multiple cargo terminals was submitted by Gyeongbuk Province to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport after reaching an agreement among local governments including Daegu City and Uiseong County. It aims to resolve regional conflicts triggered last October over the location of the cargo terminal and to develop Daegu-Gyeongbuk Airport into a proper logistics airport.

At that time, former Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong also promised to “actively include the multiple cargo terminal plan in the basic plan for the new airport and review it.”

However, recently, a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport official expressed a negative stance on the installation of a cargo terminal in Uiseong County, disregarding the regional agreement, which has caused great disappointment and strong regret among residents of Uiseong and the Gyeongbuk area.

Governor Lee Cheol-woo of Gyeongbuk Province emphasized, “Daegu-Gyeongbuk Airport started from a regional agreement during the bid application, and the joint agreement is the foundation of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Airport construction project and a promise that must be kept. To foster the airport as a hub for air logistics in the central-southern region and to attract global logistics companies, it is necessary to install a dedicated cargo terminal near the logistics complex in Uiseong County, and we strongly urge the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to actively review this.”

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