New Daegu Airport Tender

ScopeNew Daegu Airport is a proposed project by the South Korean Government to relocate the current Deagu Airport. According to the government the current site is facing land restrictions causing noise pollution to neighboring community and other issues. A few nearby provinces have expressed interest in the development including Yeongcheon Gunwi and Uiseong. Location is a top priority and the new site is expected to be central in the North Gyeongsang region. Daegus city government is expected to select a site by Sep-2016 and will finance the entire relocation project. South Korea is expected to open a new air gateway in southeastern coast in 2028 to serve both civilian and military aircrafts after two counties in North Gyeongsang Province Gunwi and Uiseong finally agreed to build a new one in place of 59-year old Daegu airport. Gunwi finally came to an agreement a day before the application deadline with the Ministry of National Defense that has been insisting on having the two counties host the new airport jointly. The ministry will hold a committee meeting next month to make the two candidates official. Daegu city government and North Gyeongsang Province aim to open the new airport in 2028. It will command an area of 15.3 square meters twice as wide as Daegu International Airport that has been servicing for the province and have a 3.2-kilometer-long runway to service mid- to long-haul international flights. The defense ministry and transport ministry will discuss a plan to build two separate runways to serve military and commercial aircrafts. The passenger terminal where international flights will depart and land will be able to host 10 million per year. The Daegu International Airport opened in 1961 on the site of the Air Force K2 base. Daegu residents have long complained about the noise and development restrictions related to the military facility. Daegu city will should the relocation cost in return for profits that will be generated from developing K2 base whose value is estimated at 9.27 trillion won 7.8 billion. The city government is expected to break ground around a year later after arranging a construction plan and measures to compensate nearby residents as well as calculating total cost.About 25 percent of the K2 site will be developed into a residential area 14.8 percent industrial area 6.7 percent commercial site and 53 percent infrastructure such as park. The new airport construction one of the Korean New Deal initiatives is the biggest project in the region The Bian-Sobo area in North Gyeongsang Province has been selected as a final candidate to host the new Daegu airport that will be used both as a military airfield and a civilian airport according to the provincial election commission Wednesday. The decision was made through a referendum the previous day in which the Bian-Sobo and the Ubo areas were competing. Both candidate sites are in rural regions just north of Daegu. The election commission sa