▲ 제1호민간공원 특례사업' 선학동 무주골 공원' 80년 만에 준공(사진제공:인천시)   © 박상도 기자

(브레이크뉴스인천 박상도 기자) 인천시가 25일 민간공원 특례사업 1호로 추진한 ‘무주골 근린공원 조성사업’ 공사가 완료돼 공원을 개방한다고 밝혔다. 

인천시에 따르면, 이는 공원으로 지정된 지 80여 년만으로‘민간공원 특례사업’이란 민간 사업자가 공원 전체를 매입해 70% 이상을 공원으로 조성 후 공공에 기부채납하고, 30% 미만은 아파트 등 비공원시설을 조성하는 사업이다.

선학동 427번지 일원의 무주골 근린공원은 1944년 공원시설로 지정됐지만 그간 공원으로 개발되지 못하고 공장과 폐기물 야적장, 경작지 등으로 방치되다가 2016년 ‘민간공원 특례사업’ 대상 공원으로 선정됐다.

2020년 6월 공사를 착공한 지 약 3년 3개월 만에 조성이 마무리된 인천시 최초 민간자본으로 조성된 공원이다.

총 사업비 3,587억 원 중 600억 원이 투입된 무주골 공원은 축구장(7,140㎡) 약 12개 크기인 8만5천여㎡ 규모로 장미정원과 장미꽃 쉼터, 숲 산책로 및 어린이놀이터, 생태연못과 생태학습원, 1.5㎞ 산책로와 야외 운동기구 등 다양한 계층이 이용할 수 있는 시설을 갖췄다.

무주골 근린공원은 도심 속 대규모 녹지를 조성해 시민에게 안락한 휴식 공간을 제공하고, 문학산과 선학공원을 잇는 녹지축을 완성해 인천시 자연생태계를 향상하는 효과를 거뒀다.

또, 사업비 전액을 민간 자본으로 유치해 인천시 재정 건전성 확보에도 기여했다.

한편, 인천시는 장기미집행 공원의 해소를 위해 재정사업 35개소와 특례사업 3개소를 추진해 현재 재정사업 15개소, 특례사업 1개소를 완료했으며, 2026년까지 모든 사업을 완료할 계획이다.

*아래는 위 기사를 '구글번역'으로 번역한 영문기사의 [전문]입니다.‘구글번역’은 이해도 높이기를 노력하고 있습니다. 영문 번역에 오류가 있을 수 있음을 전제로 합니다.<*Below is the [full text] of the English article translated with ‘Google Translate’. ‘Google Translate’ is making efforts to increase understanding. It is assumed that there may be errors in the English translation.>

Incheon City, ‘1st private park special project’ Seonhak-dong ‘Mujugol Park’ completed after 80 years

After being designated as a park facility in 1944, it was completed as a private project, creating a rose garden, rose flower rest area, and forest trails.

-Break News Incheon Reporter Park Sang-do

On the 25th, Incheon City announced that the ‘Mujugol Neighborhood Park Creation Project’, which was promoted as the first private park special project, has been completed and the park will be opened.

According to the city of Incheon, it has been 80 years since it was designated as a park. A private business called the 'Private Park Special Project' purchases the entire park, creates more than 70% of it as a park, and then donates it to the public, and less than 30% is used as a non-park such as apartments. This is a project to build facilities.

Mujugol Neighborhood Park, located around 427 Seonhak-dong, was designated as a park facility in 1944, but was not developed as a park and was abandoned as a factory, waste yard, and farmland. In 2016, it was selected as a park subject to the ‘Private Park Special Project’.

It is the first park created with private capital in Incheon City, with construction completed approximately 3 years and 3 months after construction began in June 2020.

Mujugol Park, for which KRW 60 billion was invested out of the total project cost of KRW 358.7 billion, is 85,000 m2 in size, about the size of 12 soccer fields (7,140 m2), and includes a rose garden, a rose flower rest area, a forest trail, a children's playground, an ecological pond, and an ecological learning center. , It is equipped with facilities that can be used by a variety of people, including a 1.5 km walking trail and outdoor exercise equipment.

Mujugol Neighborhood Park created a large-scale green space in the city center to provide citizens with a comfortable resting space, and completed the green axis connecting Munhak Mountain and Seonhak Park, which had the effect of improving Incheon's natural ecosystem.

In addition, the entire project cost was raised as private capital, contributing to securing the financial soundness of Incheon City.

Meanwhile, Incheon City has promoted 35 financial projects and 3 special projects to resolve long-term unexecuted parks, and has currently completed 15 financial projects and 1 special project, and plans to complete all projects by 2026.