Pyeongtaek Conducts Survey on Preferences for Living-Integrated Forest Development Project

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City is conducting a preference survey on its fine dust reduction living-integrated forest development project through the 20th of this month.

The fine dust reduction living-integrated forest development project involves creating various types of gardens in idle spaces around residential areas and public and multi-use facilities.

The Korea Forest Service selected five locations including Pyeongtaek West Station (western region) as project sites for 2020, and plans to create outdoor gardens by investing 500 million won per location.

The city had planned to hold a residents' briefing session to reflect local residents' opinions but cancelled it due to the impact of COVID-19.

Instead, the city is gathering resident feedback through a survey on its website (Notice Board-Pyeongtaek News) and Facebook (Garden Dream Project).

The survey's main topics include the primary activity elements at Pyeongtaek West Station, preferences for green landscape appearance and plant images, demand surveys on facilities desired to be introduced, intentions to participate in gardening of the outdoor garden after completion, activity details, and more. Residents can freely write their opinions they wish to include in the living-integrated forest.

A city official stated, "While the residents' briefing session was cancelled due to COVID-19, we urge citizens' active participation so that public opinions can be reflected in the design of the Pyeongtaek West Station outdoor garden."

Meanwhile, the living-integrated forest development project is scheduled to proceed in the following order: April citizen and expert opinion gathering and basic design, May detailed design, June construction, and August post-monitoring and garden maintenance.