The environment of the Raft Creek bicycle path has been improved to improve the safety of public bicycle riding (provided by the city government)

[Reporter Su Jinfeng/Taichung Report] Raft Creek in Taichung City is located on the bicycle-only road under the high-speed railway. Due to the large number of riders, the pavement is damaged in many places, and the street lights along the road are old, the lamp tubes are dropped, and the wires are exposed. There are traffic safety problems. The Transportation Bureau of the Taichung City Government has refurbished the surrounding equipment, repaved the roads, and replaced the old fluorescent lights with LED landscape lights to make the Fazixi Bicycle Lane easier to ride and safe to ride at night.

Raft Creek Bikeway starts from the environmental protection, energy saving and carbon reduction theme park at the junction of Fuke Road and Zhongzhang Expressway, goes west along Fuke Road, turns right after passing Fu'an Bridge, walks down the flood control road on the side of Raft Creek, high-speed railway bridge to the Central Science Park , with a total length of 6 kilometers.

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Regardless of whether it is a weekday or a holiday, there are quite a few riders on the bicycle-only road under the Raftixi High-speed Railway, but there are many damages to the pavement, and the street lights along the road are old, the lamp tubes are dropped, and the wires are exposed, which poses safety problems for driving.

Considering the overall safety and follow-up maintenance costs, the Transportation Bureau removed the damaged part of the road pavement and resurfaced it with asphalt concrete. The lighting tubes were replaced by LED landscape strip lights from old fluorescent lamps, and the peripheral equipment was refurbished to improve the safety of the riding environment. , so that passers-by on the bicycle lane can enjoy the beautiful scenery of fields and river banks when riding beside Raft Creek, and enjoy comfortable riding.

Ye Zhaofu, director of the Transportation Bureau, said that Xitun District has a new municipal center that is an important political and economic town, and a prosperous business district with a large number of department stores. It also preserves a lot of farmland. It has both urban fashion and rural pastoral landscapes. The environmental protection, energy saving and carbon reduction theme park at the junction of Ke Road and Zhongzhang Expressway, goes west along Fuke Road, turns right after passing Fu'an Bridge, walks along the flood control road on the side of Rafti Creek, and goes down the high-speed railway bridge to the Central Science Park, with a total length of 6 kilometers.

Ye Zhaofu pointed out that the improvement of the Raft Creek pavement and lighting project will provide the public with a safer bicycle environment, save subsequent repair and maintenance costs, and provide citizens with a good place for sports and leisure on the urban bicycle lane. In the future, regular inspections will be strengthened Overhaul, improve the riding environment of bicycle lanes, and improve the riding safety of citizens.

The Transportation Bureau replaced the old fluorescent lamps with LED landscape strip lights (provided by the city government)