The Wuling Square underground civil air defense project started in 2009 is now completed. The Wuling Square underground civil air defense project covers a total area of ??22,880 square meters and adopts a novel sunken square design. The entire project is divided into three parts: civil construction, greening and lighting, and the decoration and opening of the underground shopping mall. The total investment in the project is about 130 million yuan, all of which are self-raised by the Civil Air Defense Office. It is currently the single civil air defense project with the largest construction scale and the most self-raised funds in Hunan Province. Project construction is of great significance for effectively utilizing underground space, improving urban municipal infrastructure construction, reducing ground traffic pressure, prospering urban commerce, and improving comprehensive urban functions.
The greening project of the entire square is designed to highlight the city's "city in the forest", with more than 1,400 trees of more than 20 varieties including camphor trees, osmanthus, cherry blossoms, red maples, podocarpus, trees and shrubs planted. There are more than 8,000 square meters of turf; the lighting project focuses on highlighting the central axis and the inner circle lighting of the square. Through the colorful light and dark changes of the lights, three lighting modes can be displayed for celebrations, holidays, and ordinary times. The current green coverage rate of Wuling Square is 30%, making it a good place for citizens to have fun, shop, enjoy the scenery, and relax.
The main feature of this project is the combination of peacetime and wartime. The project integrates military, political, social and economic benefits. It can provide shelter for more than 10,000 people during wartime. In normal times, it is the first municipal leisure shopping plaza in southern Hunan. It is also a fashionable and exquisite golden commercial terminal. There are more than 120 commercial shops in the north and south, which can solve the employment problem of more than 600 people. It is expected to generate profits and taxes of 300 yuan every year. It can also provide a good stage for various promotional activities. The west side is used as a parking lot with about 300 parking spaces. There are also three above-ground streets leading to Xiongsen, Huatian and Wal-Mart. Fundamentally solve the problems of mixed flow of people and vehicles, competition between people and vehicles, and insufficient parking spaces in the Wuling Square area, better improve the urban landscape environment, and improve the image of the city.