The province is planning a brand new urban area along with an infrastructure expansion near Jeju International Airport. Area residents have expressed a lot of interest in the project, as well as a few reservations. Joseph Kim has the details.



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Integrated transfer center scheduled for completion in 2020

The integrated transfer center near the Jeju International Airport is a major component of the province’s public transportation system overhaul.

For the convenience of airport and public transport passengers, the center will be built on 160,000 square meters of land near the airport by 2020.

Along with the project, the island is planning a new town near the integrated transfer center.

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Province’s plan includes development near airport

The province includes the urbanization of land near the airport in its 2025 blueprint for city management.


A 1,500,000 square meter parcel of land, located in the southern area of the airport that covers (용담) Yongdam 2-dong and (도두) Dodu-dong is considered for the project.

Most of the land is currently a green belt.


According to the plan, the new town will have residential, commercial and cultural facilities.

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Area residents ‘interested’

Area residents expressed interest in the project at the information session held by the province in (용담) Yongdam-dong.

They checked whether their land is included in the project site and how much the province will compensate them for their land.

Recording
Gang Chun-il / Yongdam-dong resident
The government will compensate for the land, but I heard that half of the compensation would be paid by tax. I cannot fully support the project.
<씽크:강춘일/용담동 주민>
"돈을 주면 다른데 가서 사려고 하면 세금으로 반을 뗀다고 하는데 우리가 이것을 내놓을 수 있겠냐고요."

Recording
Go Won-ho / Yongdam-dong resident
The province should listen to us and not be a penny pincher when compensating for the land acquisition.
<씽크:고원호/마을주민>
"이왕 개발하려면 주민이 공통적으로 다 선호하는 쪽으로 또 보상금액에 인색해서는 안 된다."

Area residents also requested more lax regulations for construction in the area by fully considering the decades-long noise pollution from the airport.

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Go Yong-ho / Yongdam-dong resident
The province should relax regulations in Yongdam-dong near the Coast Road to allow for the construction of nice new buildings.
<인터뷰:고용호/마을 주민>
"해안도로변 용담동 주변에 깨끗한 건물도 설치할 수 있도록 (규제를) 풀어주는 것이 당연하다고 생각합니다."

However, the province said it hasn’t decided the specific location of the project and compensation plan yet.

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Province still undecided on details

The province added that input from area residents will be considered as much as possible when deciding the location and devising an acceptable compensation plan.

The province will commission an institution to do the work.

[Reporter] Joseph Kim
[Camera] Hyun Gwang-hoon

The province designated the planned site as a Land Transaction Permission Zone, which entails greater scrutiny of land sales, or a green belt to prevent speculation and land price increases this month.

Joseph Kim, KCTV