Anseong-si "Geumbukjeongmaek Ecological and Cultural Trail Development Progressing Smoothly"

by Jung Doohwan

Published 14 Nov.2023 15:21(KST)

Achieving 40% Progress Rate... Targeting Completion by June Next Year

On the 14th, Anseong City in Gyeonggi Province announced that the mid-term inspection of the 'Geumbuk Jeongmaek National Ecological and Cultural Trail' construction project, which began in March, confirmed that the project is progressing smoothly with the goal of completion by June next year.

Geumbuk Jeongmaek (錦北正脈) is one of the 13 Jeongmaek mountain ranges on the Korean Peninsula, named for its location north of the Geum River. It starts from Songnisan and branches off at Chiljangsan in Anseong, continuing to Jiryeongsan on the Taean Peninsula.

Anseong Mayor Kim Bora is receiving a progress report on the project at the Geumbukjeongmaek Ecological and Cultural Trail construction site.
[Photo by Anseong City]

Anseong City signed a business agreement with the Korea National Park Service in 2020, which led to the commencement of the Geumbuk Jeongmaek Ecological and Cultural Trail construction project in March this year.

The project is divided into 'trail construction,' the establishment of a 'visitor center' to serve as a base, and the creation of a 'sky observatory and sky trail' along the Geumgwang Lake shore. The trail construction includes a 28.8 km forest ecological path (through-route) connecting Chiljangsan~Okjeongjae~Seounsan~Yeopdonjae, three circular courses totaling 48.6 km, and other access roads totaling 3.4 km, making a total of 80.8 km. The plan is to ecologically restore the damaged forest paths.

Among these, the trail construction project is about 40% complete, while the visitor center and the sky observatory and sky trail construction are each about 30% complete. Recently, Anseong Mayor Kim Bora personally inspected the completed section of the Chiljangsa~Yeonnaedong forest road while hiking with local mountain club members.