A modern, free-to-use, state-funded sports park was handed over in Sásd in Baranya County on Friday.
The area was provided by the local government of the city of Northern Baranya for the facility covering about one hundred square meters, which was realized from the funds of the National Leisure - Health Sports Park Program, and was invested by the National Sports Centers.
In the park, which will be operated by the Sásdi municipality, equipment suitable for abdominal and back muscle strengthening exercises and recumbent exercises, as well as for stair climbing, ribbed wall exercises and hanging and stretching, was placed.
As Csaba Nagy (Fidesz), the member of parliament of the region, told MTI after the ceremonial handover on Friday, the park is the city's first sports park with outdoor training equipment, so it is expected to be very popular - just because of the novelty. then also among the young and the elderly.
He said that by supporting the now handed over Sásdi and other similar investments, the government wants to encourage people to lead a healthy lifestyle, as an important government goal is to support everyday physical activity, just as educating young people to lead a healthy lifestyle is a national issue in Hungary.
According to the representative, the sports parks built in Szigetvár, Szentlőrinc, Siklós, Sásd and Harkány in the constituency of the program serve exactly these purposes.
He reported that in a year’s time, the people of Sásatá are expected to reach another important milestone in terms of sports opportunities, as the construction of the city’s swimming pool may also be completed next year.
(Source: marmalade.co.hu; MTI | Image: pixabay.com)