On the first day of the new year, many sections of the Spring National Highway were congested and even purple. The Gaogong Bureau stated that there were 8 key congested sections today, and reminded the public to avoid them.

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[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] Today is the third consecutive day of the Spring Festival holiday. Section Chief Zhuang Guoqin said that there will be more and more traffic in the future, and the congestion of the national highway will become more and more serious, and it will be congested all the way until the afternoon. He reminds the public that there are 8 key congested road sections today. Before departure, you can check the latest traffic conditions. Use alternative roads to avoid traffic jams.

At 8:50 in the morning, many sections of the National Highway were in a red congestion situation with a speed of less than 40 kilometers per hour, and some sections even experienced purple bursts with a speed of less than 20 kilometers per hour. The congested sections included National Highway No. 1 Hukou-Zhubei, National Highway 3 Yingge system - Daxi, Kanding - Nanzhou, State 5 Nangang system - Shiding, etc.

In addition, there are vehicles queuing up to get on Country 5 in both directions of Country 3, and there is a 0.5-kilometer back-block in the southbound direction of Country 3 and 3 kilometers in the northbound direction.

Zhuang Guoqin said that today is the first day of the new year, and many people are used to going out for spring, and the weather is good. The bottleneck section of the Western National Highway and National 5 started to have a lot of traffic at 7 am this morning, and there was red congestion at 8 am.

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The Gaogong Bureau pointed out that the traffic flow on the national highway today is mainly southbound for tourism and returning home. It is an estimated 2 million vehicle-kilometers in the southbound direction of National Highway 5, which is tied with tomorrow's Lunar New Year's Day as the day with the largest amount of southbound traffic during the Spring Festival holiday.

The Gaogong Bureau pointed out that the key congested sections of the National Highway today include the southbound Yangmei-Hsinchu of National Highway 1 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, the Changhua system-Puyan system from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, and the Yuanshan-Dahua northbound from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. System: Country 3 southbound from 9 am to 5 pm Tucheng-Kanxi, 10 am to 1 pm Kuaiguan-Wufeng, northbound from 4 pm to 6 pm Caotun-Wufeng; country 5 southbound to 5 am From 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Nangang system - Toucheng, northbound from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Yilan - Pinglin, etc.

In order to relieve traffic congestion, the Gaogong Bureau has implemented a number of diversion measures, 20% off the tolls of the National 3 Hsinchu System-Yanchao System to encourage diversion; the southbound entrance ramps of the National 1 Pingzhen System and Puyan System will be closed before 12:00 noon From 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, the southbound entrance ramps of Shiding and Pinglin on National Highway 5 will be closed; National Highway 1 will be added to Yangmei-Hsinchu in the south, Xiluo-Yuanlin in the north, Daxi-Kanxi in the south on National Highway 3, and Xiangshan in the north. - Hsinchu system, etc., a total of 36 congested road shoulders for public driving, etc.

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.