▲ Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin (right) and Gyeongbuk-do Governor Lee Cheol-woo announced a new airport appeal


Euiseong-gun, which had been opposed to the process of applying for the transfer site to the Daegu-Gyeongbuk integrated new airport, accepted an arbitration plan containing the development plan of Daegu and Gyeongbuk Province, and the relocation site was confirmed as'Gunwi Sobo-Uiseong Bian', a joint candidate on the 28th.

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin and Gyeongsangbuk-do Governor Lee Cheol-woo held a joint press conference at the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office on the morning of the 25th, and introduced the Uiseong development plan jointly agreed upon by the Mayor/Do Governor and the Mayor/Provincial Council and announced an appeal.

Uiseong-gun decided to attend the military airport relocation site selection committee to be held at the Ministry of National Defense on the 28th after explaining the development plan proposed by the cities and provinces to private organizations and the military council to host airports.

Mayor Kwon and Governor Lee said in an appeal, "The new airport, which has endured the years of endurance for the past four years, has left only the decision of the final relocation to the military sobo and Uiseong bian amid the desperate aspirations of city and provincial citizens." I turned it into an opportunity."

He then appealed, "When it is said that the selection of the new airport site is unreasonable, Daegu and Gyeongbuk showed great power to unite as one." He appealed, "Please join us once again to build a proper airport in the future."

Governor Lee said, "The Uiseong development plan has been thoroughly reviewed by the Ministry of Defense, Daegu City, and Gyeongbuk Province, and the airport railroad will be promoted as a preliminary feasibility exemption project." I did."

Mayor Kwon explained, "We paid for the service order yesterday in order to quickly establish the basic plan for the new airport and the detailed plan for support in the surrounding areas."

In accordance with this joint agreement, the main gate of the new air base (K-2) unit and residential, welfare, and sports facilities in Uiseong will be placed first in consideration of operational and geographical features.

In addition, we will build an aviation logistics and aviation maintenance industrial complex and a residential complex for related industries and logistics.

Agrifood industry clusters such as a fresh agricultural product export complex, a rental smart farm industrial complex, and an organic complex culture center will also be entered.

The Airport Railroad (Daegu-New Airport-Uiseong Station 67 km) will be newly established, and the road between Gyeongbuk-do Office and Uiseong Station (4 lanes) will be constructed.

A tourism and cultural complex (Uiseong Land) will also be established.

The Mayor/Do Governor decided to implement such a development plan in consultation with Uiseong-gun when establishing the basic plan.

(Photo = Courtesy of Daegu City, Yonhap News)