Osan City to Develop Two New Water Playgrounds This Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Park Chan-hyuk Reporter] Osan City announced on the 12th that it will develop new water playgrounds for citizens this summer.

The newly developed water playgrounds are located at Cheongho 2nd Children's Park (Cheongho-dong) and Busan-dong Park (Busan-dong).

The Cheongho-dong water playground will cost 1.3 billion won and the Busan-dong water playground will cost 1.5 billion won, with plans to complete water playgrounds and amenity facilities of 800㎡ and 950㎡ respectively by June.

In particular, each facility will feature various play equipment and rest areas, designed to be safe and convenient for children and family visitors. A design that harmonizes with the surrounding environment will be applied so that park visitors can enjoy both relaxation and leisure.

The city plans to complete detailed design by March, and will proceed with detailed design and construction preparation before commencing full-scale construction from late April.

However, the completion date may be subject to some adjustment depending on weather and construction schedules. To ensure smooth progress, administrative procedures will be expedited with plans to complete the opening of water playgrounds between June and July.

Once construction is completed, the number of water playgrounds operated by Osan City within urban parks will increase from the existing 6 locations (Osan Stream Five-Color Water Park, Osan City Hall Water Playground, Malgeumteo Park, Jungmi Sports Park, Araettul Park, Majung Forest Park) to a total of 8.

Osan City Mayor Lee Gwon-jae stated, “We will expand water play spaces in the city so that citizens can enjoy summer in a more pleasant environment,” and added, “We will do our best to prepare safe and convenient facilities so that family visitors can use them without burden.”