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government has unveiled a plan to build a new airport in Gadeokdo, Busan.

It is said that they will spend 13 trillion won to build an artificial island and then set up a runway, but it is already being pointed out that it will cost a lot of money and will not be effective.



Correspondent Han Sang-woo.



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is a bird's eye view of Busan Gadeokdo New Airport released by the government.



We revised the plan to lay the runway across the island and the sea, and decided to reclaim the sea to build a 100% maritime airport.



Gadeok is also because the ground recedes, so it can sink later, and it is better when expanded.



We decided to skip the preliminary feasibility study to determine whether it is economically worthwhile according to the contents of the special law passed together by the ruling and opposition parties a year ago.



Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongsangnam-do continued to say that they welcome it, but there are also concerns.



The total project cost estimated by the government was 13.7 trillion won, almost double the original plan of 7.5 trillion won.



However, it was analyzed that passenger and cargo demand was lower than expected, so the cost-effectiveness ratio was at most 0.58 or half.



Another problem is the need to pour more than 3 stones and soil from Namsan Mountain in Seoul into the 25m deep sea.



This is why there are criticisms that the airport is built for political purposes.



[Kang Eun-mi / Justice Party member: It can only be seen as a representative vote-gathering policy ahead of the local elections.

It is already a low economic feasibility project, and it is expected that environmental problems, noise problems, birds and aircraft collisions will occur.] As



the responsibility for implementing the actual plan has been handed over to the new government, controversy over economic feasibility and the environment is expected to continue.