After a series of appraisals, the EPA's assessment team finally approved a budget of NT $ 234 million to create an environmental riverside park in Kuanshan, and work started on the project in May 1996. In one year the circular cycle route was completed, and within three years the park itself had more or less taken shape.
在經過一連串的評估過程中，環保署評估小組終於核定以二億三千四百萬元作為關山環保親水公園的建設經費，讓親水公園順利於民國八十五年五月開始動工，一年之間完成了環鎮自行車道，三年內更完成了公園雛形。