Kaifeng West Lake is the Black Harbor Reservoir in Kaifeng City. Zhang Chaorui, chief planner of Kaifeng Planning, Survey and Design Institute, said that the West Lake is located between Kaifeng New District and the old city. There are three rivers in this area, including Ma Jiahe, Gan Xi Canal and Qizhi Canal. Ma Jiahe mainly undertakes the function of flood control and drainage, and the west main canal undertakes the function of supplying water to the downstream arid agricultural areas. In order to make full use of the water conservancy and river resources in this area, Kaifeng City has planned and built nearly 9,000 mu of Kaifeng West Lake Scenic Area, and the project officially started construction in April of 20 1 1. The scenic spot starts from Huancheng Dike Road in the west, reaches the first street in the new area in the west, reaches the North Ring Road in the north and Song Cheng Road in the south, with the widest point of 1.2km, the narrowest point of 300m and the north-south length of about 5km. After the completion of Kaifeng West Lake, it will replace the original water system function. First, as a flood discharge channel for flood control and drainage in Kaifeng; Second, it will transport agricultural water to arid agricultural areas; Third, provide ecological water to the ecological water system of new and old cities; Fourth, it will provide domestic water for citizens.
Like Hangzhou West Lake, Kaifeng West Lake is a completely open scenic spot. At present, the area of Longting Park is only 1 1,000 mu, and the water surface area is only 700 mu. Kaifeng West Lake Scenic Area is equivalent to nine Long Ting parks, with a water surface area of 6,000 mu, which is equivalent to two-thirds of Hangzhou West Lake. West Lake is divided into six functional areas from north to south, namely, ecological wetland experience area (pregnant water), waterfront leisure business area (happy water), culture and art exhibition area (enjoying water), historical and cultural interpretation area (swimming), humanistic theme experience area (love the water) and ecological village experience area (relaxing water).
In the landscape zone, a scenic spot sightseeing slow lane will be set up throughout the whole journey to facilitate citizens and tourists to visit. In addition, it will be equipped with a battery car transfer station and a bicycle rental system. The leasing system refers to the West Lake model in Hangzhou, with a spacing of 500m/ vehicle. * * * Parking lot 14, with more than 400 bicycle parking spaces. In addition to motor vehicles, the scenic spot also retains motor vehicle traffic connected with the city. It is planned to set up 6 underground parking lots with parking spaces 1620.