DPP city councilor Chen Yurong criticized Taichung City's park playground equipment as uncharacteristic.

(Provided by Chen Yurong)

[Reporter Su Jinfeng/Taichung Report] Some netizens launched their own maps of Kaohsiung’s characteristic playgrounds for parents’ reference. Taichung City Councilor Chen Yurong of the Democratic Progressive Party criticized the Taichung City Melody Plan as “weight not quality”. Mostly copied and pasted, if someone wants to draw it, they may just push a canned Inclusion Playground map.

The Bureau of Construction stated that Taichung City's implementation of the "Mile Land Project" is a common bet. Not only Kaohsiung City Councilors proposed to implement the Taichung Melody Land Plan to implement inclusive parks, but Hsinchu, Miaoli, Chiayi counties and cities, and Taoyuan City governments also followed suit. Come to Taichung for a visit and exchange, and express appreciation and affirmation for the design concepts and ingenuity of the parks in Taichung City.

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The Bureau of Construction also emphasized that the city government has been upgrading towards a flagship characteristic park since 2011. It also invited citizen groups to serve as consultants, and recruited children and children experts to join the team to work together to create a barrier-free characteristic park.

Including Lixin Park in Nantun District, Zhongzheng Park in Fengyuan District, Erhe Park in Daya District, Dayuan Park in Dali District, Taiping 921 Earthquake Disaster Memorial Park, etc., especially the Taiping Macaron Park opened at the end of last year, which has the highest outdoor outdoor park in the country. Slides, various climbing and inclusive play equipment have attracted people from all over the world.

City councilor Chen Yurong pointed out that a few days ago, a Facebook group sorted out the fun playgrounds in Kaohsiung and made them into a special playground play map. The Pingtung County Government also promoted the integration of parks in one township and launched the "Baby Discharge Passport", which was well received by parents. Praise, on the other hand, what else does Gongrong Park in Taichung have besides safety?

Chen Yurong pointed out that the inclusive park that Melody plans to renovate is basically a copy and paste of many inclusive toys. It is "weight not quality". Some parents think that the plastic toys before the renovation are better than the existing inclusive toys. It's a fun phenomenon. Could it be that Taichung can only launch a map of the canned communion game field to attract parents and children?

Chen Yurong pointed out that 163 Melody Land projects have been completed so far. Although the number is large, parents in the online community generally do not pay the bill. Taking the North District as an example, there are currently 22 parks and children’s playgrounds. Melody plans to renovate and open a total of 12 new parks, with a ratio of about 50%, but most of the parks were completed in 2018.

After her investigation, she found that many playground equipment were copied and pasted. For example, Yingshi Park and Shanxi Park used similar terrazzo slides.

Another Evergreen Park cost about 10 million yuan, and the entrance and exit are not convenient for wheelchair users. The improvement effect is puzzling.

Chen Yurong suggested that in the future, the parks in the Melody project should develop towards specialization. Taking Taichung Park as an example, it used to be a landmark of Taichung, but now there is no other impressive place except for the Huxin Pavilion. The city government should re-examine and pay attention to the revitalization of Taichung Park through the Melody Land Project.

DPP city councilor Chen Yurong criticized Taichung City's park playground equipment as uncharacteristic.

(Provided by Chen Yurong)