The bicycle lane on the embankment top of Tanzi Hanxi West Road is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

(Photo by reporter Zhang Xuanzhe)

[Reporter Zhang Xuanzhe/Taichung Report] Bicycle sports have become popular in recent years. Hanxi West Road (Tanxing Road-Nanxing North 2nd Road) in Tanzi District, Taichung City is divided into general driveways and bicycle lanes by railings. The road width is unexpectedly narrow. Automobiles and locomotives compete for the road, and there have been many accidents in recent years.

Legislator Yang Qiongying and Taichung City Councilors Lai Chaoguo and Huang Jianhao invited relevant units to conduct surveys today. The Construction Bureau agreed to raise funds of 20 million yuan to remove the bicycle lanes to widen the roads, and the Tourism and Tourism Bureau built a 1.6-kilometer dike-top bicycle lane. The project cost is about 3,300 yuan. 10,000 yuan, the Water Resources Department promised to raise funds to assist in the process, and it is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Due to the increasing traffic flow on Hanxi West Road in recent years, today included Chen Meixiu, Director of Tourism of Taichung City Government, Chen Datian, Director of Construction Bureau, Zhang Zhihui, Third River Bureau Bureau of Water Conservancy Department, Lord Lin, Acting District Chief of Tanzi District, and You Fengwei, director of Furenli, Tanzi District. , Huang Peiqi, head of Juxing District, was also present to care.

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Liao Weizhi, Chief of the Tourism Engineering Section of the Tourism and Tourism Bureau, pointed out in a briefing that Hanxi West Road plans to use the hinterland of the embankment top on the right bank of Hanxi to build a 1.6-kilometer bicycle lane, including the construction of 2 rest spots and the optimization of 2 intersection nodes, with a budget of about 33 million yuan. Currently going through planning and design, it is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Chen Meixiu, Director of the Tourism and Tourism Bureau, and Chen Datian, Director of the Construction Bureau, both thanked the Water Conservancy Department for agreeing to provide river land, allowing the bicycle lane to be moved to the top of the embankment, releasing a 2.5-meter road width, and widening the Hanxi West Road to 7 meters wide.

City Councilors Lai Chaoguo and Huang Jianhao said that Hanxi West Road is winding and has dim sight at night, and the widening will help relieve traffic flow and reduce traffic accidents. They hope that the original bicycle lane will be relocated to the top of the embankment to turn Hanxi into a riverside leisure green belt.

Yang Qiongying said that after completion, the Hanxi West Road bicycle lane will be able to connect multiple bicycle lanes and surrounding tourist attractions, such as the Green Sky Corridor, Tanyashen Green Park Road, Dongfeng Green Corridor, etc., and it will have both commuting and rest functions, creating a friendly green environment. network to create a livable city in Taichung.

Tanzi Hanxi West Road will be planned as a dike-top bicycle lane.

(Photo by reporter Zhang Xuanzhe)