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The special law for the construction of a new airport on Gadeok Island was finally approved in the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 26th. The construction of the new Gaduk airport is taking its first steps as an irreversible national project that cannot be to change again. With this, the wishes for the construction of a ’24-hour secure entry airport’ by 8 million local residents of Boulgyeong, which continued after the Mount Todae accident during the civil flight from China on April 15, 2002 they can finally arrive. true. 19 years after the accident and 15 years after the late President Roh Moo-hyun’s declaration to build a new airport in Gaduk, the achievements came after numerous frustrations and failures. Naturally, this is a worthy victory achieved by the indefinite tenacity and perseverance of the local population. In addition, at the same time as the National Assembly legislation, the first steps to begin construction have begun ahead of the Busan World Expo in 2030. It was a signal shot towards the ‘battle of speed’.
The reason for seeing it is clear. This is because most of the controversial issues have been eliminated with the enactment of this special law. First of all, it can be said that the location of the new airport in the southeastern region was clearly nestled on ‘Gadeokdo Island’. The debate on ‘Gadeokdo or Miryang’ and ‘Expansion of the Gimhae airport or the new Gadeokdo airport’ has ended. In particular, it is of great importance that you stipulate the abolition of the plan (expansion) of the existing new Gimhae airport in the additional provisions. During the Park Geun-hye administration, there was a reason to break up internal opposition from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which was presented as a ‘surprise card’ at the New Gimhae Airport. In addition, it is also important that the special law includes a provision for exemption from the preliminary feasibility study, which opens the door to the rapid promotion of the new Gadeok airport. Furthermore, President Moon Jae-in, who visited Gadeokdo Island the day before the approval of the National Assembly, even promised “active support, opening before the Expo.” The president, who remained silent despite being a presidential electoral promise, opened fire.
Even if the president’s comments are not necessarily cited, the importance of the new Gaduk airport cannot be overstated in terms of national strategy. When a new airport is built that can open a direct long-distance route and is safe for 24 hours, a triport combining a complex land, sea and air logistics system will be completed, and the southeast region will be able to become a logistics hub. At the same time, it will be reborn as an important axis of national development in response to the metropolitan area. This will lead to the expansion of human and material exchanges and economic growth throughout the southern region beyond the southeast region, thus breaking the ruinous metropolitan unipolarism and achieving a balanced national development. The new Gadeok Airport is not just a local airport, but a ‘turbo engine’ that will lead the resurgence of the Southeast region and the future growth of Korea.
The remaining task is to advance without interruption for the rapid opening of the port. Obstacles cannot be lifted and the vast stream of history cannot be reversed. By ignoring the national strategic value of the new Gaduk airport and being entombed by unipolarism in the metropolitan area, there is no need to listen to the media in the Seoul area for “electoral populism.” No matter how compelling it is, it is but a single word against the Booul-gyeong’s unified will. Furthermore, it is necessary to change the perception of the leadership of popular power, which seeks to disambiguate the meaning of “electoral intervention, impeachment of the president.” As long as they are caught up in electoral engineering alone, they cannot earn trust as an alternative political party with state management skills. It demands a great attitude towards bipartisan cooperation for the early opening of the port. It is also impossible to delay the vigilance of the opposition groups still existing within the Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure and Transport. I urge you not to cross the line that must be observed in the courtyard where the president has been reached. Only 8 million people are watching.
