Yangpyeong-gun, 'Eco-friendly Ship Operation and Park Golf Course Development' Now Possible

Ministry of Environment Announces Partial Amendment to Special Measures Notice
Establishment Now Permitted Within Special Measures Area

Gyeonggi Yangpyeong-gun (Governor Jeon Jin-seon) announced on the 20th that, following the revision of the ‘Special Measures for the Designation and Comprehensive Measures of the Paldang and Daecheongho Water Source Protection Areas (hereinafter referred to as the Special Measures Notice),’ the possibility of operating eco-friendly educational vessels and establishing a park golf course with natural grass within the special measures area has opened.

Aerial view of an environmental ship. Provided by Yangpyeong-gun.

The Ministry of Environment announced on the 19th the partial amendment of the Special Measures Notice, allowing the operation of educational ecological learning vessels and conditional establishment of park golf courses.

The main points of the revised notice include △ permitting the operation of educational vessels for ecological learning purposes directly operated by the heads of local governments overseeing the special measures area △ allowing the establishment of park golf courses if the local government directly installs them, does not use pesticides or fertilizers, and establishes an eco-friendly grass maintenance plan.

Since February last year, the county has continuously proposed regulatory improvements to allow the operation of educational vessels within the special measures area, and the Ministry of Environment’s final acceptance led to the revision of the Special Measures Notice.

Additionally, in September last year, the county was designated as an environmental education city for the first time among county-level local governments, marking an important turning point in realizing its goals as an environmental education city. This revision of the notice will provide significant environmental education opportunities to local residents. Ecological learning using educational vessels will play an important role in enhancing children’s and youth’s understanding and interest in the natural environment.

Jeon Jin-seon, Governor of Yangpyeong-gun, said, “We welcome the Ministry of Environment’s revision of the Special Measures Notice, and this amendment will further elevate Yangpyeong-gun’s status as an environmental education city and serve as an important opportunity to improve residents’ quality of life. Through the operation of eco-friendly vessels and the establishment of park golf courses, the county will provide better cultural life and leisure activities to local residents, laying the foundation to achieve both economic effects and regional development. We will continue to strive to improve overlapping regulations in Yangpyeong-gun.”

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