Pohang City Completes Hwanho Neighborhood Park, Realizing the 'Green City Model'

On September 30, Pohang City held the completion ceremony for the northern section of Hwanho Neighborhood Park, celebrating the first achievement of the private park special project together with its citizens.

Turning the Urban Park Crisis into an Opportunity! Completion of Hwanho Neighborhood Park, Completing Pohang's 'Green City Model'. Provided by Pohang City

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The event was attended by Lee Gangdeok, Mayor of Pohang, Kim Ilman, Chairman of the City Council, key local figures, and more than 900 citizens, commemorating the new beginning of Hwanho Neighborhood Park and sharing Pohang’s new vision as a green city.

With this completion, Hwanho Neighborhood Park has been transformed into a large green space of over 1 million square meters, combining both the southern and northern sections.

The area, which had remained undeveloped for over 20 years since the creation of the southern park in 2001, was revived as a natural rest and cultural space for citizens, following the agreement in 2020 and the start of construction in 2022, and was completed in just three years.

The newly completed northern park features a pedestrian bridge, botanical garden, sky pond, reading forest, Hwanho Field, and a circular deck, among other facilities. In particular, the botanical garden, together with the Space Walk in the southern section, is expected to become a popular attraction for family visitors.

Mayor Lee Gangdeok stated, "Hwanho Neighborhood Park is a meaningful success story that turned the crisis of the urban park sunset policy into an opportunity through cooperation with private capital," and added, "We will continue to expand green spaces where citizens can enjoy nature in their daily lives, thereby improving their quality of life."

Lee Gangdeok, Mayor of Pohang, delivering a greeting at the completion ceremony of Hwanho Neighborhood Park North Side.

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Starting with the completion of Hwanho Neighborhood Park, Pohang City plans to sequentially complete other private park special projects such as Haksan Park and Sangsaeng Park, further expanding green spaces accessible to all citizens.

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