Main construction on the first sponge park in Zhenjiang was completed on Tuesday. Many residents came to the park to take a first look.
The sponge park consists of the sponge concept display center, pedestrian bridge, water system, green landscape and other components. The oval sponge concept display center is about 500 square meters in size. The water system runs through the park, connecting small sponges and wetland monomers. They create nice water landscapes for viewing, but they also have the physical, chemical and biochemical properties to purify rainwater.
As an organic module of Zhenjiang’s sponge city pilot construction area, this sponge park is a water transfer station in 1.8 square kilometers of Jiangbin Village. It can solve the problem of rainwater discharge and sponge construction in the area. The system passes the purified rainwater all the way to Jinshan Lake through the pump station. The sponge park covers an area of 6 hectares, with a total investment of more than 60 million yuan ($9 million). The whole project is expected to be completed in mid-November.