Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun: "Please Support Swift Advancement of Gyeonggi International Airport Preliminary Feasibility Review"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun requested that Suwon area lawmakers "actively support the swift advancement of the Gyeonggi International Airport preliminary feasibility review project."

At a "Q3 2023 ruling-opposition party policy meeting" held on the 19th in the main conference room of Suwon City Hall, the mayor stated, "The National Assembly budgeted for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's preliminary feasibility review of Gyeonggi International Airport last December, but the project has not been launched to date," and urged, "Please support the project's prompt commencement in the National Assembly."

He continued, "At the ceremony marking my first anniversary in office, I formally proposed to Hwaseong City and its citizens the formation of the 'Hwaseong-Suwon Public Deliberation Committee,' a citizen communication and consensus-building body for Gyeonggi International Airport construction," adding, "There is a need to establish a public deliberation forum where citizens can lead discussions and make decisions on matters related to Gyeonggi International Airport construction."

Attending the meeting were the mayor, lawmakers Baek Hye-ryun (Suwon District B), Kim Young-jin (Suwon District C), and Kim Seung-won (Suwon District A), Democratic Party Suwon City Committee Chair Lee Byung-jin (acting), Suwon First Vice Mayor Kim Hyun-soo, Second Vice Mayor Hwang In-guk, Suwon City Council Vice Chair Lee Jae-sik, and Democratic Party floor leader Chae Myung-gi, among others.

Lawmaker Kim Young-jin stated, "I will lend my support to ensure the Gyeonggi International Airport preliminary feasibility review is conducted promptly," while Lawmaker Baek Hye-ryun said, "We must work to ensure citizens recognize the necessity of Gyeonggi International Airport construction and can support it." Lawmaker Kim Seung-won remarked, "Now is the right time to advance Gyeonggi International Airport," and pledged, "I will provide full support."

The meeting also discussed ways to "institutionalize the school social worker system." The Suwon school social worker project, which began in 2011, is an initiative that places social workers in schools to provide social welfare services to students, including counseling, education, and human rights protection activities.

Mayor Lee Jae-jun stated, "The school social worker project has demonstrated clear results, but the project's sunset is scheduled for five years from now due to budget allocation issues," and asked, "Please support the institutionalization of the school social worker system."

Meanwhile, Suwon City and local lawmakers signed a "policy coordination body and working-level coordination meeting operation agreement" in May 2016, and since 2019 have regularly held policy coordination meetings quarterly to share information and strengthen cooperation.