Osan City to Install Landscape Lighting at Dolmen Park by Year-End to Enhance Prestige

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Osan City announced on the 20th that it will install landscape lighting at Dolmen Park (520 Geumam-dong), one of the city's main healing spaces, by the end of this year to enhance the park's prestige.

Mayor Lee Gwon-jae has been pushing forward with the project to install landscape lighting at the Gyeonggi Provincial Water Scent Arboretum since soon after the launch of the 8th popular-elected municipal administration, benchmarking Gapyeong's Acho Gosoh Arboretum.

However, the Water Scent Arboretum faced difficulties in promoting night light-up events for forest environmental research, so the project site was relocated to Dolmen Park, a large-scale park facility nearby.

The city benchmarked Suwon's Irwol Water Arboretum, which is conducting nighttime opening events for the landscape lighting installation project, and accelerated the project by applying for special adjustment grants from Gyeonggi Province.

Through this process, in cooperation with Gyeonggi Province and the People Power Party Gyeonggi Provincial Council, the city secured a total project budget of 2.25 billion won for the night landscape lighting installation, giving the project the green light.

The city plans to complete the landscape lighting installation by the end of this year. Once the lighting installation is completed, the Dolmen Park, harmonizing with the barefoot yellow clay path, is expected to become a signature attraction of Osan.

Previously, the city jointly promoted the landscape lighting installation project at Dolmen Park along with the 'First Oh! Happy Rose Festival' featuring the Rose Garden (Rosette Garden) located in Dolmen Park as its backdrop, concluding it successfully.

To secure accessibility to Dolmen Park, the city is also constructing a 146-space parking lot in the Silbit Creek Park area.

Mayor Lee Gwon-jae emphasized, "Once the landscape lighting installation is completed, the brand value of Dolmen Park will make another leap, and safe pedestrian conditions will be established for citizens."

The mayor added, "Especially at the 'Second Oh! Happy Rose Festival' to be held next year, the scent of flowers and light will come together to provide an attractive night view," and said "We will discover and implement projects that further increase the value of citizen healing spaces."