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Yangpyeong-gun in Gyeonggi Province has officially launched its bid to host the second horse racing park. In particular, the county is pursuing the project by linking it with the relocation of a long-standing public grievance, the military firing range, aiming to kill two birds with one stone.
Reporter Yu Yeong-su has the story.
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This is the Yongmunsan Firing Range, which opened in 1984.
While it contributes to strengthening national defense as a firing range for state-of-the-art military equipment, it has been a facility that causes noise and safety issues for local residents.
In particular, located just 2 kilometers in a straight line from Yangpyeong Station, many residents are expressing anxiety.
[Jung Jae-국 / Okcheon-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun: Residents are always anxious, wondering if a stray shell might misfire and land right in the middle of the village. We always live with this sense of unease.]
Yangpyeong-gun, which has been pushing for the relocation of the Yongmunsan Firing Range, has decided to actively pursue hosting the "second horse racing park" at this site.
Residents are emphasizing compensation for the sacrifices they have endured due to overlapping regulations, such as natural preservation zones and water source protection zones.
[Lee Tae-young / Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong-gun: I earnestly think that the time has come for the government to respond to our sacrifices over the past 40 years through the hosting of a horse racing park.]
Yangpyeong-gun is putting forward advantages such as a site size roughly four times that of the existing LetsRun Park Gwacheon, as well as favorable transportation and environmental conditions as grounds for its bid.
[Jeon Jin-sun / Mayor of Yangpyeong-gun: The transportation conditions are good, the environment is good, and there are tourist attractions linked to the racetrack. The food is also great. Since Yangpyeong is a place equipped with all of these things...]<br />
Yangpyeong-gun expects that hosting the horse racing park will generate over 50 billion won in annual tax revenue increases and revitalize the local economy.
(Photo: Yonhap News) (Video Journalist: In Pil-seong)
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