Whether the mayor’s replacement will continue, Minister of Transportation Wang Guocai said that the Ministry of Communications supports public transportation, and will ask the new chief to confirm the content of the plan and decide whether to continue to send it to the Ministry of Communications for review.

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[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] Many rail construction projects in Taiwan are still in the comprehensive planning stage. However, after the local nine-in-one general election, the heads of many counties and cities will be replaced, and some heads of counties and cities have their own views on related construction. , Minister of Transport Wang Guocai said that regardless of whether the heads of counties and cities are replaced, the Ministry of Communications will continue to support public transportation. At this stage, if the case is still in the feasibility study and comprehensive planning stage, it will be sent to the Ministry of Communications for review, and the new head will be invited. After confirming the relevant content, continue to promote it; if the new head has different opinions, he can also amend the content of the report before sending it to the Ministry of Communications for review.

Xinke Keelung Mayor Xie Guoliang said before the election that he believed that the Keelung MRT could not replace the train, but that it could go from Badu via Maijin Road to Anle Community to avoid duplication with the train route; Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hongan also criticized the Hsinchu Metro Station The project cost 10.4 billion yuan, but nothing happened.

All the outside world is concerned about whether the existing architectural design can continue to be promoted after the mayor is replaced.

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Wang Guocai pointed out that if the head of the county and city has not been replaced, or the plan has been approved, the case that enters the construction process will not change in the future.

However, such as the Keelung MRT, the MRT East Ring Section of the Loop Line, the Brown Line of the Taoyuan MRT, the Bade Section of Taoyuan, which is extended by the Sanying Line of the MRT, the Hsinchu Station Platform Project, and the Hsinchu Loop Light Rail Project, etc., are all counties The city chief has a construction plan for a replacement. These cases will respect the opinions of the new county and city chief. The Ministry of Communications will ask the new chief to review the relevant plan and express his opinion to see if it should continue to be sent to the Ministry of Communications for review.