Yongin-si to Build Swimming Pool at Yongcheon Elementary School in Idong-eup

Construction starts in December... Completion expected in early 2026
Full budget secured through Ministry of Education and Provincial Office of Education competition

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 1st that construction of a swimming pool, a school complex facility within Yongcheon Elementary School in Idong-eup, Cheoin-gu, will begin in December and is scheduled to be completed in early 2026.

The swimming pool will be built with one basement floor and one above-ground floor, covering a total floor area of 1,800㎡. It will feature five standard lanes of 25 meters in length and two infant pool lanes of 15 meters.

Aerial view of the school complex facility inside Yongcheon Elementary School, Yongin. [Image source=Yongin City]

The city explained that it secured the entire project cost of 14.6 billion KRW for the swimming pool construction through competitions held by the Ministry of Education and the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education. Following the selection in last year's school swimming pool expansion project competition hosted by Gyeonggi Province, which secured 11 billion KRW, the city additionally received a budget of 3.6 billion KRW in April this year by participating in the Ministry of Education's school complex facility competition.

The Yongin Office of Education, responsible for the swimming pool project, plans to complete the detailed design within this month, select a construction company by November, and start the swimming pool construction within the year.

Once completed, the city intends to operate the swimming pool directly, providing survival swimming education for students and opening it to local residents during other hours as a leisure facility for health promotion. Since the Idong Public Housing District, a semiconductor-specialized new town with 16,000 households, is planned near Yongcheon Elementary School, the facility is expected to have high utilization.

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin City, said, "The construction of the Yongcheon Elementary School swimming pool is fully funded through competitions by the Ministry of Education and the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, resulting in budget savings for the city. We will actively cooperate and support the Office of Education to enable citizens to use the swimming pool as soon as possible."

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