Various big promises from the election battlefield, the possibility of realization

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Let's discuss this issue further with Eom Min-jae, a reporter from the Ministry of Politics, who is covering the local elections.

[Reporter Eom Min-jae: Since the metropolitan area is the biggest winner of this local election, both the ruling and opposition parties are pouring out these large-scale development promises that appeal to the vote.

Democratic Party candidate Song Young-gil, who ran for Seoul mayor, argued for the construction of the Jeju submarine tunnel while taking the high-speed train to Jeju in addition to the Gimpo Airport relocation plan seen earlier. So I made a promise like this that I would be able to get from Uijeongbu to Incheon Airport in 30 minutes.

Hyperloops are known to use magnetic fields to travel in vacuum tubes at speeds of up to 1,200 km/h.

In addition, Incheon Mayor Candidate Jeong-bok Yoo, the People's Power, has made a pledge to connect Korea and China through an undersea tunnel.]

[Reporter Eom Min-jae: Yes, if it is a promise, the first thing to do is to present the reasons such as how to raise funds and how long it will take to realize it.

However, it is difficult to find these facts in the promises I have made.

The Jeju Undersea Tunnel was first mentioned in 2007 based on the research results of the Korea Transportation Research Institute. there is.

Hyperloop also did basic research at the Korea Railroad Research Institute in 2009, but no real progress was made.

The US CEO of Tesla is also continuing this project, and even there he says that it will not be commercialized until 2030.

In the academic world, there are concerns that such a policy is not an expression of excessive populism to come out with policies whose feasibility is questionable.