On January 21st, on New Year’s Eve, the traffic flow on the national highway was mainly southbound, and the Gaogong Bureau predicted that there would be 5 key congested sections.

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[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] Tomorrow (21) is New Year’s Eve, and the traffic volume on national highways should be the least during the Spring Festival holidays. The Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Communications predicts that there are still many people preparing to return home in the morning, and the southbound single-day traffic The traffic volume is estimated to be 1.2 times the annual average, and there may be five key congested road sections. The public is reminded to avoid or take alternative roads.

After noon today, there was a second wave of traffic on the National Highway. In the afternoon, the congested road sections included Country 1 heading south to Yangmei-Hsinchu, Sanyi-Houli; Country 3 heading south to Qidong-Xiangshan, Hemei-Changhua system; Country 5 heading south to Nangang system- Shiding; National 10 two-way Dingjin system - Zuoying end, the rest of the road is generally normal.

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Tomorrow’s New Year’s Eve will be the least amount of traffic on the National Highway during the Chinese New Year holidays. The entire line is estimated to be 90 million vehicle kilometers, which is less than usual on weekends and holidays. However, it is mainly southbound traffic. The Southbound Traffic Department estimates that it will reach 1.2 on weekdays times, some road sections are still prone to congestion.

The Gaogong Bureau predicts the key congested road sections tomorrow, and the time period is from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon in the southbound direction of National Highway 1. , 10:00 am to 12:00 noon Kuaiguan-Wufeng, State 5 southbound 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Nangang system-Toucheng.

Yang Shujuan, head of the traffic control team of the Gaogong Bureau, said that this year’s Spring Festival has two days of holidays before New Year’s Eve (including the day of New Year’s Eve), and some people have asked for leave to return home early, so the overall southbound traffic flow is relatively scattered, which eases the national highway Congestion situation, but most people will rush home for reunion on New Year’s Eve tomorrow, so there will still be a flood of traffic on the National Highway in the morning, and it is estimated that the main congested roads will be relieved after 3pm to 4pm.

In order to alleviate the congestion of national highways, the Gaogong Bureau will implement a number of national highway traffic relief measures tomorrow, including ramp Yikong, Zengkai State 1 to Yangmei-Hsinchu in the south, Xiluo-Yuanlin in the north, State 3 in the south to Daxi-Kanxi, and Xiangshan in the north - Hsinchu system, etc., a total of 36 congested road shoulders for the public to drive; in terms of toll rates, in addition to a single rate without 20 kilometers of free mileage charges, there are also national 3 Hsinchu system-Yanchao system tolls that will be charged at 8 Measures such as discounts, suspension of tolls across the board from 0:00 to 5:00, encourage people to time-share and divert driving.

If the public finds that the section of the national road to be driven is seriously congested before going on the road, they can use more alternative roads. The Highway Bureau said that for long distances, it is recommended to take the Xibin Expressway on Taiwan Line 61 to replace National Roads 1 and 3, and Taiwan Line 9 to replace National Roads. 5. Route 63 replaces National 6, and Route 74 connects to National 4 to replace National 1 and National 3 Taichung sections, etc. For short distances, it is recommended that people do not use national highways, but use provincial and county roads.