Hwang Un-ha "The completion date and target year for the administrative capital must be presented to the public."

(Sejong = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Young-seok = Representative Hwang Un-ha of the Fatherland Innovation Party urged the public to present a target year for completing Sejong City as an administrative capital.

At the National Assembly audit of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Multifunctional Administrative City Construction Agency (Happiness Agency) held by the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee held at the National Assembly on the 7th, Rep. Hwang said, “The government must create a roadmap for completing the administrative capital and disclose the specific target year and completion date to the public.”

Rep. Hwang pointed out, “We must first set the target completion time for the administrative capital and then calculate the completion time backwards to prepare for each project,” adding, “Considering the characteristics of railway and transportation infrastructure with long project periods, a preemptive construction plan is necessary.”

He added, "We need to consider whether Sejong City's internal and metropolitan road network can handle the increasing transportation demand when the President's Office and the National Assembly are completely relocated. Considering the increasing demand for aviation, it is also necessary to prepare to expand the capacity of Cheongju Airport, which will serve as the administrative capital's gateway airport."

Rep. Hwang emphasized that relocation plans for government ministries and major state agencies should also be specified.

He said, "The government is pushing for the relocation of central administrative agencies such as the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to Sejong starting in the first half of next year," and asked, "Agencies such as the Public Prosecution Service, the Central Investigation Agency, and the National Police Agency should also prepare a relocation period and a specific plan to secure a site."

Regarding this, Kang Joo-yeop, head of the Happiness Office, said, "We are re-estimating transportation demand in preparation for the completion of the administrative capital." He added, "The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family are renting private buildings to use as government buildings, and some organizations that need to prepare land for government buildings are looking into it internally."