The advantage of opposing residents of Jeju 2 Airport Won Hee-ryong “The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is looking forward to a wise decision” (General)

Input 2021.02.19 10:56 | Revision 2021.02.19 15:42

As a result of a survey of Jeju residents on the construction of a second airport promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Jeju, the opposition was found to be dominant. Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong said, “I look forward to a wise decision from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.”

According to the results of the “Second Airport Pros and Cons,” announced on the 18th by nine media companies belonging to the Jeju Journalists Association, two public opinion polls, including Gallup Korea and Embrain Public, it was found that opposition was more prevalent.

In the case of Gallup Korea, 44.1% of residents agreed and 47% opposed the construction of the second airport. Opposition was 2.9 percentage points (p) higher than favor. 6.1% said’I don’t know, refuse to answer’ and 2.7% said’Neither of them. In the Embrain Public survey, 43.8% of the residents in favor and 51.1% of the people disagree, with 7.3%p higher than the vote. ‘Don’t know, no response’ was 3.5%, and’Neither’ was 1.6%.

However, in a survey of only Seongsan-eup residents, it was found that Gallup Korea had 64.9% agree, 31.4% disagree, 65.6% agree with Embrain Public, and 33% disapprove, showing that the approval opinion was more than 30%p higher than the disagreement. .

The nine media outlets of the Jeju Association submit the results of the opinion poll to the joint public opinion poll process management committee composed of Jeju and the provincial council on the 19th. The province is planning to deliver it to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport through’acquisition of citizens’ opinions’. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, “If Jeju Island submits the results of collecting citizens’ opinions according to rational and objective procedures, it will be faithfully reflected in policy decisions.”

However, the opinions of the entire metropolitan area on the construction of the second airport and the residents of Seongsan-eup, the residents of the location, are diverging, and the pros and cons continue to express their intentions to attract the second airport. to be.

On the other hand, Governor Won on that day issued a’position of the citizens’ statement and said, “I look forward to a wise decision from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. .