Relief Measures for Suwon Air Base Damage Coming

Suwon City will announce a comprehensive response plan addressing damages related to the Suwon Air Force Base on the 13th. <Suwon Ilbo, September 23>

According to the city, a briefing session will be held at 11 a.m. that day in the city hall situation room, attended by Suwon Mayor Kim Yong-seo, Gwonseon-gu Office Chief Kim Myung-seon, and department heads of related divisions. The comprehensive response plan will be explained to central and local media, followed by a question-and-answer session on sector-specific measures.

To this end, the city conducted detailed implementation planning for response measures by relevant departments through the end of last month.

On the 12th, the day before the announcement, the city will hold a briefing session at the mayor's office to conduct a final inspection of the comprehensive response plan.

The comprehensive response plan for the air base to be announced on the 13th is expected to include measures regarding altitude restrictions and other issues affecting residents' health rights, learning rights, and property rights, based on the results of the damage investigation project for Suwon Air Base reported in final form last month on the 22nd.

In this regard, Mayor Kim Yong-seo stated at the final briefing on the 22nd of last month, "Based on the research into the damage survey for Suwon Air Base, we will work out active countermeasures for noise damage" and announced plans to establish a mid- and long-term "Comprehensive Response Plan for Suwon Air Base Damage."

He also said, "We will actively pursue not only the guarantee of citizens' property rights through altitude restriction easing but also the development of West Suwon, which has been suffering damages from the air base."

Meanwhile, the final report on the damage investigation project related to Suwon Air Force Base revealed that the violation of health rights and property rights of residents near the air base, as well as the violation of learning rights of students and teachers, is serious.