Jangseong-gun to Create 420-Space Parking Lot Near Hwangryonggang River

[Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jo Hangyu] Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 9th that it has created a total of over 420 parking spaces by utilizing vacant land near Hwangryonggang.

Hwangryonggang is famous as the venue of the Yellow Flower Festival, which recorded one million visitors for three consecutive years. Although the festival was suspended due to the nationwide spread of COVID-19, the beautiful scenery of Hwangryonggang remains unchanged.

Even now, ten billion colorful flowers decorate the riverside, attracting many visitors.

The county promoted the creation of parking lots along the shoulder of County Road 19 for the convenience of visitors to Hwangryonggang, selecting a vacant lot near the Jangseong-eup Gateball Field, which was overgrown with weeds, and transformed it into a spacious parking area with 300 spaces.

Subsequently, the county added about 120 parking spaces on the Hwangryonggang embankment across the road, and the final finishing work is currently underway.

This area was a place where water frequently accumulated, causing habitual foul odors. The county filled the land with soil to raise the ground and created the parking lot.

The project cost for securing a total of about 400 parking spaces was approximately 1 billion KRW, which was less than usual because no land acquisition costs were incurred by utilizing vacant land.

The county is installing a roundabout at Gisan Samgeori. Gisan Samgeori is adjacent to Hwangryonggang, Jangseong Culture and Arts Center, the county library, and the soon-to-be-completed Yellow City Stadium, and traffic volume is expected to increase significantly in the future.

The county’s proactive installation of the roundabout is expected to greatly help maintain smooth traffic flow.

County Governor Yoo Doo-seok said, “Hwangryonggang is called ‘the most beautiful flower river in Korea’ and provides precious rest to those exhausted by COVID-19,” adding, “We plan to continue projects to improve traffic convenience and landscape enhancement.”

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