Creation of Creative Children's Playground at Haetae Children's Park in Geumcheon-gu

Installation of Zipline, Grass Mounding, Water Play Area to Attract Children's Interest... Creation of Circular Walking Path and Reorganization of Exercise Equipment to Enhance Park Convenience

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) announced that it has started the construction of the Creative Children's Playground within Haetae Children's Park (Siheung 1-dong 871-24) and plans to complete the project by the end of the year.

The Creative Children's Playground is a unique space that allows children to imagine various types of play rather than a standardized playground. It uses natural materials such as wood and sand to stimulate children's creativity, sensitivity, and adventurous spirit.

Haetae Children's Park, established in 1980, currently has many underutilized spaces despite its large area, and facilities such as the combination play equipment, acupressure path, and pergola are worn out, resulting in low actual park usage.

Additionally, the old fence surrounding the park detracts from the surrounding scenery.

Accordingly, the district received about 250 million won in city funds last year to start the Creative Children's Playground project at Haetae Children's Park. After conducting resident workshops and design consultations, the creative playground design plan was finalized.

According to the plan, a water play area will be created in the center of the park so that children can enjoy water play during the summer. Around it, natural grass mounding and a sand playground will be installed to enable children to engage in creative play using their five senses.

The flower beds within the park, which have been left as vacant land, will be removed, and a zip line that can attract children's interest and adventurous spirit will be installed.

Also, a circular walking path will be created for residents to enjoy strolling, and scattered exercise equipment will be rearranged to one side to transform the park into a space that multiple generations can use together.

The district is pushing forward with the project aiming for completion within this year.

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, "Neighborhood parks are key community facilities where multiple generations can gather. Through the park redevelopment project, we will create an open cultural space that anyone from children to seniors can use together."

Last year, the district was selected as a target site for Seoul City's Creative Children's Playground contest and is promoting the Creative Children's Playground projects at Mugunghwa Children's Park and Haetae Children's Park this year. Creative playgrounds were previously created at Golmal Children's Park in Gasan-dong in 2016, Hyobong Children's Park in Siheung 4-dong in 2017, and Samsung Sports Park in Siheung 4-dong in 2019.

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