Minister of Transport Wang Guocai visited the Expressway Bureau and expressed condolences to the staff on duty during the Spring Festival for their hard work.

(Photo by reporter Weng Yuhuang)

[Reporter Weng Yuhuang/New Taipei Report] Today is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and it is also the day when the Expressway Bureau estimates the largest amount of northbound traffic during the Spring Festival. As well as the section from the National Three Mountains to Xiangshan, there will be traffic waves starting at 2:00 pm, and it will not gradually ease until 2 or 3:00 in the middle of the night. In addition, road sections such as Kansai, Xiluo, Nantun, and Zhushan also start to have traffic in the afternoon The traffic tide lasted until about 11 o'clock in the evening. In addition, on National Highway No. 5, the traffic tide will gradually ease from 9 or 10 in the morning to 2 or 3 in the middle of the night.

Minister of Transport Wang Guocai inspected the Highway Bureau in the morning, listened to the briefing on the road conditions of the Highway Bureau, and expressed condolences to the hard work of the staff on duty during the Spring Festival. Wang Guocai said that he went back to the south two days ago, and then drove all the way north yesterday morning Returning, the overall road condition is smooth. Although there are many people and vehicles in the rest area of ​​the national highway, the turnover rate is high, and the condition is not bad.

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Wang Guocai said that from the first day to the third day of the first day of this year, the overall traffic volume increased by 11% compared with last year, and the number of returning home and tourists increased greatly. , the number of people returning to the north will increase, and it will be more congested. We encourage people to use the provincial road more, and use the West Coast more when returning home.

The Gaogong Bureau recommends that the best time for drivers to go back to the north is before 9:00 am in the southern part of the western national highway, before 12 noon in the central area, and before 9 am in the eastern part of the national highway No. 5. Set off.

The Gaogong Bureau stated that since the fourth day of the Lunar New Year is the largest amount of traffic going back to the north, it is estimated to be 77 million vehicle kilometers, which is about 1.8 times that of normal days. Returning to the north, it is recommended that people returning to the north should start in the morning, because the congestion period will occur in the afternoon, and the northbound traffic tide on China 5 is expected to continue until the eighth day of the lunar new year (29th). The high-occupancy control until 8 o'clock will continue until the eighth day of the lunar new year.

Today is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and it is estimated to be the time when the largest number of returning traffic on the north of the National Highway.

(Photo by reporter Weng Yuhuang)