‘15-Minute City Vision Tour Season 2’ Held … Busan-si Seo-gu Edition

At 3:30 PM on the 13th, Seo-gu Office, Busan Mayor, District Heads, and about 200 citizens attended

15-minute walking zone, forest living area formation, 1800-step connecting path, Gudeok Cultural Park Forest Healing Garden

Busan City will hold the second event of the ‘15-Minute City Vision Tour Season 2’ on the 13th at 3:30 PM in the multipurpose hall of Seo-gu Office.

‘15-Minute City Vision Tour Season 2’ is an event planned under the slogan ‘Together with citizens, first to the 15-minute city’ to discover citizen consensus projects for creating a 15-minute living zone and to discuss and share opinions with local figures from various sectors on implementation plans. It has been promoted targeting 16 districts and counties, starting with Saha-gu in March.

In particular, to enhance the effectiveness of policies, residents will vote to prioritize two planned projects worth 10 billion KRW proposed by them to solve local problems and create a 15-minute city.

The city will spare no administrative and financial support, such as establishing detailed plans including feasibility studies and cost estimates to ensure that the selected projects are prioritized, as well as concretizing consultations with related organizations and budget procurement plans.

This event will be held at the new multipurpose hall of Seo-gu Office, with about 200 attendees including the Mayor of Busan, district heads, heads of public institutions, local businesspeople, and citizens. The program will proceed in the order of ▲pre-event ▲policy briefing ▲discussion ▲voting/announcement. The two projects proposed in Seo-gu are as follows.

▲ Seo-gu 1800 Steps Connection Path Project

Busan Seo-gu 1800 Steps Connection Path Construction Project.

This project aims to improve the walking environment in the high-altitude areas of Sanbok-ro by renovating about 1,800 stair roads and alleys that urgently need maintenance. Until now, narrow and steep stairways have made movement difficult, especially posing safety risks for the elderly.

Therefore, for the creation of a 15-minute city, improving the walking environment in high-altitude and alley areas is recognized as an urgent task. Through alleyway regeneration, the project plans to create connecting spaces for the community while preserving cultural heritage. Additionally, a vertical elevator installation project will be simultaneously promoted to enhance mobility convenience for transportation-vulnerable people in the high-altitude areas.

▲ Gudeok Cultural Park Forest Healing Garden Project

Busan Gudeok Cultural Park Forest Healing Garden Development Project.

Located in Kkotmaeul, Gudeok Cultural Park is gaining attention as a citizen rest area with various exhibition halls such as the Education History Hall and Traditional Culture Experience Hall, as well as natural ecological features including waterfalls, ponds, flower paths, walking trails, and cypress forests.

Recently, the opening of ‘Deullaknallak,’ a complex cultural space for children, has further highlighted the park as a key space in the local living area.

However, some underutilized and aging facilities within the park exist, and there is a plan to renovate these facilities to increase their usability and transform the space into a healing area for citizens’ healthy lives.

In particular, leveraging the already established cypress forest in Gudeok Cultural Park, the plan is to create a forest healing center and add a complex playground for children, transforming it into a representative key space of Seo-gu.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun stated, “It is expected to be a more meaningful time as citizens, who are most closely related to the creation of a 15-minute living zone in their neighborhoods, directly select the priority tasks,” and added, “We ask for the active interest and participation of all citizens.”

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