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The most urgent task facing the Gadeokdo New Airport construction project is reexamination of project costs due to rapid inflation and securing construction efficiency. This project, which is conducted through a technical bidding method, has structural limitations that make it difficult to predict the increase in the cost of major construction materials such as fuel costs, rebar, and ready-mixed concrete due to the war in the Middle East due to the war in the Middle East. As industry concerns grow that it will be difficult to cover the cost burden with the already allocated budget of 10 trillion won, the possibility of construction companies participating in the consortium leaving is being raised. In order to overcome this situation, bold policy decisions at the government level are urgently needed, such as flexibly applying the contract amount adjustment system or establishing temporary special provisions that reflect price fluctuations.

Protecting the lives of residents near the construction site and refining relocation measures are also key factors that will determine the success or failure of the project. Recently, in the first eligibility screening conducted by the Gadeokdo New Airport Construction Corporation, a significant number of residents received a deferral decision, resulting in strong opposition from residents. In particular, it is difficult to avoid criticism that the method of determining actual residence based only on quantitative data such as electricity or water usage does not properly reflect the reality of fishing villages with a large elderly population and special living patterns. The Corporation's position is that it will comprehensively review the explanatory materials, but as the indigenous people's home is disappearing, the process of restoring trust with the local community must be preceded by establishing a more humane and realistic compensation system and relocation support measures.

Meanwhile, not only the airport hardware, but also the railway network and smart infrastructure to support it are being built simultaneously. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is working to strengthen accessibility by improving facilities at major stations such as Dongdaegu Station and Jinju Station to allow easy access to the airport from nearby areas such as Gyeongnam and Daegu, and by introducing the 150 km/h class ITX-Maeum train. In addition, we are introducing a real-time smart ground management system that combines AI and digital twin technology to solve differential settlement problems that may occur due to the characteristics of marine landfills. This is an attempt to break away from the reactive management of the past and integrate the entire process from design to construction and post-completion maintenance into one data platform, and is expected to become a new standard for large-scale maritime infrastructure construction.

For the successful establishment of an airport, a qualitative shift is needed, moving away from quantitative expansion that simply boasts of size, and dividing missions and roles for each airport. Gadeokdo New Airport should be established as a center of logistics and maritime economy linked to Busan Port, rather than competing with Incheon Airport, and Daegu Gyeongbuk New Airport should be fostered as a base for high-tech manufacturing and defense industries. In addition, the fact that the Gadeokdo New Airport Construction Corporation is hiring a large number of professional workers and establishing a base in a hinterland complex such as Eco Delta City as it enters the full-scale construction phase clearly shows the direction that the airport should become a platform for creating local jobs and the economy. When each airport performs its own functions that reflect the industrial specificity of the region, the new airport era will become a powerful growth engine that overcomes regional extinction.