Cai Qichang emphasized that if he is elected mayor, he will ensure that the construction of the China-Czech Blue Line will start in four years and the four lines will be approved.

(Photo by reporter Zhang Xuanzhe)

[Reporter Zhang Xuanzhe/Taichung report] Cai Qichang, a candidate for mayor of Taichung from the DPP, held a mayoral policy press conference for the "100-kilometer MRT Plan" action in front of the MRT Municipal Station today to announce the MRT policy.

Cai Qichang emphasized that if he is elected mayor, he will start the construction of the MRT Blue Line within four years of taking office, and approve the Orange Line, Datun Loop Line, Shanhai Loop Light Rail, and Green Line to extend the Dakeng route, and continue to promote the MRT long-distance road network to build Taichung Hundreds of Lines. Kilometer MRT program.

The Taichung City Government stated that after Mayor Lu Xiuyan took office, he actively promoted various transportation constructions and built a traffic gate. Not only did the first MRT in central China open to traffic on April 25 last year, but several MRT routes were also launched simultaneously.

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Cai Qichang said that the Taichung MRT Blue Line waited for Mayor Lu to take office for more than 800 days before he sent the comprehensive plan, but it has not yet passed.

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Cai Qichang said that if he is elected mayor, he will start the construction of the Blue Line within four years of taking office, and he will speed up the construction with courage and execution, so that Taichung citizens will no longer have to wait in vain or endure a mayor who shirks his responsibilities and has no construction.

We call on Lu Xiuyan to stop blaming her own problems arising from her ineffective governance, and bravely face the doubts of citizens and friends.

The city government pointed out that following the opening of the MRT green line, the city government actively promoted the extension of the green line, the blue line of the MRT, the extension of the blue line, the airport MRT and the Tun District MRT loop line, among which the MRT blue line has been It passed the central EIA review, but the city government sent the comprehensive plan to the central government for deliberation for 18 months, but it was delayed by the Ministry of Communications for substantive review, hoping that the central government would treat it fairly and approve it as soon as possible.

As for the MRT blue line funding, the city government stated that the former mayor Lin Jialong did not include land expropriation funds during the period, and the MRT route was optimized.

DPP Taichung mayoral candidate Cai Qichang (center) announces the MRT policy in front of the MRT City Hall Station.

(Photo by reporter Zhang Xuanzhe)