Voices from opposition parties, “There are many problems with the construction of the new airport in Gimhae” at the Busan Metropolitan Police Department

The Director General of the National Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Commission of the National Assembly was held at Busan City Hall on the 13th. [사진 부산시]

At the Busan City State Audit of the National Land Transportation Commission of the National Assembly held on the 13th, legislators asked intensively about the problems of the construction plan of the New Gimhae Airport, the largest pending in Busan, and the possibility of the construction of the New Gadeok Airport.

On this day, from 11 am to 5:30 pm, 30 night legislators attended the Gukgam which was held in the conference room on the first floor of the Busan City Hall. At this meeting, Deputy Mayor Byeon Seong-wan said in a greeting: “The construction of the southeast entrance airport is not just for Busan, it is a job to bring logistics, goods and capital from the world,” and asked: “Please , support the construction of the new Gaduk airport. “

The new Gimhae Airport is a project to build an additional runway (3.2 km) and an international terminal by 2026 at the current Gimhae Airport, which has two runways. However, while safety, noise, environmental and scalability issues were raised in Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongnam, in December of the same year the Prime Minister’s Office was verified, consisting of 21 experts in each field as per the agreement of the governors of Boo, Ulsan and Gyeonggi provinces and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The committee was launched and verification work has been carried out since then. It is said that the verification committee will announce the results of the verification sooner or later.

The National Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Commission of the National Assembly, the National Superintendent, was held at Busan City Hall on the 13th. [사진 부산시]

In the question and answer that followed Representative Byun’s greeting, the ruling party legislators pointed out the problems of the construction plan for the new Gimhae airport (Gimhae airport expansion) decided by the Park Geun-hye administration in June 2016. , and defended the need to build a new airport in Gadeok-do, Cheonseong-dong, Gangseo-gu, Busan. Democratic Party legislator Jin Seong-jun (Seoul Gangseo-eul) supported the construction of the New Gaduk Airport, saying: “Gimhae Airport is surrounded by mountains, which impede flight operations. Gadeokdo has no such thing. Also, there are times when planes cannot operate due to noise issues (11:00 pm to 6:00 am) at Gimhae Airport, but Gadeok Island is available 24 hours a day. Gimhae Airport cannot be increased even if air demand is needed, but Gadeok Island can be expanded as much as possible. ”

Representative Hong Ki-won from the same party (Pyeongtaek-gap, Gyeonggi-do) also said, “Looking at the objective safety, efficiency and future development potential of the airport, the new Gadeok airport has nothing to do with disadvantage compared to the new Gimhae airport. Said.

Voices of support for the new Gadeok airport emerged among opposition lawmakers. Representative Lee Heon-seung (Busan Jin-eul) said: “The citizens of Busan want to build a gateway airport in the southeast region that can operate 24 hours a day.” Congressman Jeong Dong-man (captain of Pusan) from the same party promised: “The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which is the main ministry, has made the policy of a new airport in the southeast region deviate for a long time. .

Construction plan for the new Gimhae airport by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.[제공 부산시]

Lawmakers also demanded fair verification by the Gimhae New Airport Verification Committee in the Prime Minister’s Office. Democratic Party member Kim Gyo-heung (Incheon Seogap) told Kim Tae-byeong, an airport navigation policy officer at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, who attended as a reference: “The air demand predicted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation is different from Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongnam. The verification committee must examine Korea’s 100 years by carefully examining security, aviation demand and 24-hour operation, and fairly assess and announce the suitability of the new airport in Gimhae. ”

On the 12th, Representative Park Jae-ho (Busan Nam), Chairman of the Busan City Party of the Democratic Party, sent a letter calling for the legitimacy of the new Gaduk airport to Democrats visiting Busan for the administration state. Representative Park argued: “Along with the problems of the new Gimhae airport such as security, the state of Busan is declining, the industrial structure of Busan is reorganized, and the new airport is necessary for a balanced national development by building a logistics center in Northeast Asia. ”

The Busan city council held the 291st extraordinary plenary session on the 13th when the national oversight took place and adopted the ‘Resolution to Urge the Construction of New Gaduk Airport’. In a resolution, Busan city councilors called for the fair and objective verification results to be announced from the Verification Committee of the Prime Minister’s Office, saying: “We hope that the new Gadeok airport will be built as an airport for secure entry and open 24 hours “. Congress transmits this resolution to the Blue House, the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure and Transportation.

Business leaders in Busan urged the construction of a new airport in Busan on the 5th.[사진 부산상의]

Busan = Reporter Hwang Sun-yoon [email protected]