Today (30) the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Assessment Conference will conduct a review of the "High-speed Railway Environmental Impact Assessment Report Environmental Impact Difference Analysis Report (Normal Operation Period and Frequency Adjustment)".

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[Reporter Chen Jiayi/Taipei Report] As the demand for commuting and travel increases, the Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail Corporation estimates that the number of passengers per day will reach 210,000 in 128 years. Today (30) days passed the review of the EIA meeting.

The developer, Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail Corporation, stated that the travel demand of high-speed rail commuters continues to increase. It is estimated that the daily passenger volume in 128 years will be 210,000. The total operating frequency has increased to 280, which means that the daily frequency will increase from 13 to 18.

In addition, the high-speed rail company also expects to extend the operating hours, starting from Zuoying Station at 5:50 in the morning and ending at Terminal Station at 12:00 in the evening, extending to 5:30 and ending at 1:00 am the next day.

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Zhu Xin, the convener of the task force and the Environmental Protection Committee, said that due to the increase of high-speed rail frequency by about 50%, it may increase the noise problem in nearby areas. .

And in accordance with the latest announcement of the Environmental Protection Agency "Guidelines for Environmental Vibration Management", vibration monitoring was carried out at the two locations of Yunlin Wucuo and Tainan Yangming Elementary School.

The Environmental Protection Committee requires the high-speed rail company to strengthen its explanations, daily bird strike monitoring plan, and bat impact monitoring.

The high-speed rail company explained at the meeting that bird strike monitoring will be carried out from 5 am to 8 am every day; bat strike monitoring will be carried out from 5 pm until the end of the shift.

In addition, experts and scholars will be consulted in the future to develop measures to reduce the impact of birds and bats.

At the environmental impact assessment meeting today, the environmental impact assessment committee members reached a consensus and agreed to pass the environmental assessment of the increase in the frequency of high-speed rail.