Yeoju City Conducts Site Inspection of 'Earthen-Scented Barefoot Trail Development Project'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Yeoju City announced on the 14th that it conducted a site inspection of the 'Earthen-Scented Barefoot Trail Development Project Sites.'

The Earthen-Scented Barefoot Trail Development Project is an initiative to create barefoot walking trails by mixing hwangtoh (yellow earth) and masan (weathered granite) in living-zone urban parks and green spaces that are easily accessible to citizens. The city has received support from the Gyeonggi Earthen-Scented Barefoot Trail Development Project fund (70% provincial funding) and is investing a total budget of 1.08 billion won to construct barefoot trails where citizens can safely walk barefoot.

In this context, the city has completed construction of 11 barefoot trail sites in various locations including urban parks, green spaces, walkable streets, and sports parks in eup and myeon areas that are convenient for citizen access and use, and 2 additional sites are under construction with plans to complete the project by year-end.

Mayor Lee Chung-woo inspected the planned barefoot walking trail site at Daesin Island (Dangnam-ri Island) and stated, "Since it is a 1.2km circular barefoot trail, it must be constructed on as large a scale as possible to accommodate large numbers of people," and added, "We must expedite administrative procedures so citizens can use it as soon as possible."