Luxury Funeral Culture Park, Re-tendering for the Site of 'Pohang Memorial Park' Construction

40 Billion Won Fund for Yuchimaeul, 20% of Cremation Fee Income Supported and Jobs Provided for 30 Years

80 Billion Won Fund for Entire Eup and Myeon, 300-500 Million Won Incentives for Resident Welfare Projects in Non-Selected Areas

Pohang City will conduct a re-bidding for the site of the ‘Pohang City Memorial Park,’ aimed at building a city where citizens are happy from the beginning to the end of life, for 90 days from June 12 to September 9.

Large promotional banner for the memorial park on the city hall exterior wall.

This re-bidding follows a previous bidding held two years ago that received no applications due to residents’ perceptions. After actively promoting awareness to change residents’ views, the bidding is being held again, with various support measures such as expanded incentives for the selected village.

First, villages selected as the site for the memorial park will receive a resident support fund of 4 billion KRW, provided annually after completion, and 20% of the cremation facility usage fees will be supported for 30 years. Jobs will also be offered to residents.

Additionally, the relevant eup and myeon (including surrounding areas) of the hosting region will receive 8 billion KRW in resident support funds and 4.5 billion KRW worth of support for resident convenience and long-awaited projects. Even areas that fail the first document screening will be provided with 300 to 500 million KRW worth of resident convenience and long-awaited projects as a gesture of consolation and harmony.

The Pohang City Memorial Park to be established this time will have 80% of the total site developed into a park through a parkification project, creating a themed healing park for art, culture, education, and tourism. The remaining 20% will be used to install cremation facilities (8 units), funeral halls (5 mortuary rooms), enshrinement facilities (20,000 units), natural burial grounds (60,000 units), and one family graveyard, creating a pleasant eco-friendly park.

The city plans to develop the memorial park as an eco-friendly funeral facility featuring energy, digital, and smart green technologies, offering one-stop funeral services including funeral, cremation, enshrinement, and memorial services. It will also be a premium funeral cultural park that anyone would want to visit as a cultural, artistic, and tourist attraction, aiming to boost the pride of 500,000 Pohang citizens.

Site applications can be made for areas around 330,000㎡ (100,000 pyeong). In the applicant hosting area (administrative village), an organizing committee must be formed, and the application must be prepared with the consent of more than 70% of the households registered as residents as of the announcement date. The application should then be submitted to the Pohang City Hall’s Senior and Disabled Welfare Division via the eup/myeon administrative welfare center.

Upon receiving applications, Pohang City plans to select the final candidate site by December this year through document review, on-site inspection, feasibility study, and deliberation by the Memorial Park Construction Committee, based on criteria such as accessibility, resident conditions, economic feasibility, land utilization, environmental impact, project feasibility, and legal compliance.

To facilitate smooth site bidding, from mid-June, the city will hold touring briefings in eup and myeon areas and conduct advanced site visits for residents interested in hosting, aiming to build consensus among residents through detailed guidance on the basic plan for the memorial park and the site bidding process.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok said, “Once the memorial park is established, it is expected to invigorate the local community by creating jobs,” and added, “We will strive to develop the memorial park as a space for memorial and healing that preserves the region’s culture and history and enhances citizens’ pride.”

Forms and detailed information related to the re-bidding for the ‘Pohang City Memorial Park’ site can be found in the announcement section of the Pohang City website.

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