<Anchor> The
government announced last month that it costs 10 trillion won to connect the metropolitan express train from Gimpo to Gangnam, and that there is a problem with overlapping existing lines, which makes the business feasible. However, as you can see, the residents are fiercely opposed, and the political interests are also entangled, so the possibility of changing that word within a month has increased.
Next is reporter Han Se-hyun.
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The core of the controversy over the metropolitan express railway is the conflict between'economy' and'local public sentiment'.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that the extension of the GTX-D route to Gangnam, Seoul just last month was less economical due to the small number of users outside rush hour.
[Choi Jin-seok/Korea Transport Institute Railroad Policy and Safety Research Team Leader: (Economical) Considering the feasibility, the balance of investments between the metropolitan area and localities, and the impact of existing routes… .]
Then-related were local residents and municipalities rebound strongly, saying "yidonggwon infringement, '
[yitaejun / Inspection Section New City Council of: (Seoul) Should there even a new city can not reach within 30 minutes of the main key area truly one -
one After a month, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is stepping back to a'revision review'.
It's not just'Kim Bu-seon'.
Citizens of Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do have formed an emergency countermeasure committee to demand the
passage of metropolitan railroads through the city center.Beyond disappointment, I am strongly angry with my insistence on the existing Chungbuk line.]
The demand for extension of routes is also increasing in Yeongdong, Chungbuk and parts of Incheon.
[Park Nam-Chun/Incheon Mayor: I plan to do a full-fledged war until (policy) is finalized and publicly announced.] As the
political powers ahead of the presidential election roll their arms, the government'policies' and local'public opinion' are confronting one after another.
So was the controversy between Gadeok and the new airport.
A French expert evaluation agency commissioned by the Korean government evaluated negatively, but
[Jean Marie Chevalier/ADPi Chief Researcher (2016): (Gadeokdo) is expensive to build, and the construction itself is difficult.]
Renovation in April Ahead of this, the opposition parties, conscious of the Busan vote, passed the Gadeokdo New Airport Special Act by agreement.
[Jun-mo Kim/Professor, Department of Public Administration, Konkuk University: There is a limit to establishing a policy based on public opinion, it is a transfer of resources between generations. The current generation enjoys it, and in the long term, the younger generation later… .]
Tens of trillion won will be invested in the 4th national rail network project, which shakes within a month of the announcement between economic and local public sentiment.
(Video coverage: Lim Dong-guk, Kim Min-cheol, Park Hee-seong CJB, Video editing: Park player)