The New Taipei City MRT Engineering Bureau has planned the route map of the Wutai Light Rail to extend the Taiban Light Rail.

(Provided by New Taipei City MRT Engineering Bureau)

[Reporter Zhou Xiangyun/New Taipei Report] Lin Jialong's campaign office, a candidate for the DPP's New Taipei mayoral election, today criticized New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi for preferring to build the Wutai board light rail rather than supporting the Xibei MRT.

The New Taipei City MRT Engineering Bureau stated that the existing ring line, the Wanda Zhonghe line and the New Taipei Shulin line are connected to the north and the south of the Xibei. The MRT serves a population of 2 million, and the Xibei MRT is an unrealistic plan.

According to the MRT Bureau, the MRT network of the third ring and six lines is located in the southern part of the Beixi and Beixi. , these two lines are medium-volume systems, respectively open to traffic or under construction.

In order to make up for the service gap between the two rings, it was proposed in 2019 to extend the Taishan Banqiao Light Rail from the Wugu Taishan Light Rail between the two rings, making it easier for Xinan and Xibei to be used in series.

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Li Zhengan, director of the MRT, said that Lin Jialong called for a total length of 30 kilometers from Sanchong Xiansi Gong Station to Tucheng Station. If the construction cost of the Shulin Line is 4 billion yuan per kilometer, is the budget of 120 billion yuan enough?

At present, the bidding budget for the North-South Ring Road and the Xinbei Shulin Line has increased by nearly 50%. The contract cannot be successfully issued. How much money does the 30-kilometer Xibei MRT need?

They simply treat the people as fools to cheat votes.

Li Zhengan explained that the transportation demand of Wugu Taishan Road Corridor has been professionally estimated that the maximum inter-station transportation volume in the target year is 4,586 passengers/hour, which is in line with the one-way traffic volume of the light rail system per hour of about 2,500 to 6,000 passengers; Xibei MRT The volume is 20,000 trips per hour, which is higher than the New Taipei Ring Road and the North-South Ring Road (11,000 trips) and the Wanda Zhonghe Shulin Line (15,000 trips in New Taipei). ticket.

According to the MRT Bureau, the Wugu Taishan light rail line is laid out in a flat and elevated type, and cooperates with the overall development to reduce private land expropriation and demolition. The feasibility study report was reviewed and approved by Lin Jialong when he served as Minister of Transportation.

Xibei MRT did not specify the route and stations along the line, and it was unable to clarify the service scope and transfer planning with other MRT lines, as well as how much private land needed to be acquired and demolished.

The MRT Bureau stated that the MRT service range is 500 to 800 meters around the station. It is impossible to rely on a single MRT to serve 2 million people in Xibei and Xinan. The Taishan Banqiao Light Rail was approved by the Ministry of Communications on August 15. The New Taipei City MRT's overall road network assessment report is listed as a priority route, and a feasibility study report is currently underway.