The Fengbi-Xiangshan Section of the No. 61 Xibin Expressway Elevated Highway held a briefing at the Gangnan Activity Center in Hsinchu City today. Local residents hung white banners to protest and express their feelings, calling for a route with fewer households to be demolished.

(Photo by reporter Hong Meixiu)

[Reporter Hong Meixiu/Hsinchu Report] The Highway Administration of the Ministry of Communications held a briefing on the "Taiwan 61 West Bin Expressway Fengbi-Xiangshan Section" at the Gangnan Activity Center in Hsinchu City today. Residents nearby also set up self-rescue associations, calling on the Highway Administration to choose demolition households Fewer route options are the main ones. Don’t give up straight and take turns, or even affect the traffic conditions of the existing Taiwan 15 Line. If the Highway Administration still insists on choosing the Taiwan 15 Line for elevated construction, it does not rule out fighting to the end.

Hong Wenjin, president of the Self-Help Association, said that among the several plans proposed by the General Administration of Highways of the Ministry of Communications, the route of the B1 plan is mostly state-owned land and farmland, which does not require a large amount of public money for expropriation, and only 41 households are demolished. Gangbeigou can be used as a viaduct to increase the use of land space and increase the width of the industrial roads on both sides, which will benefit the local area. Therefore, residents hope to adopt this plan.

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The other Fang’an’s routes not only forcefully expropriate land, demolish houses, factories, companies, and shops of all walks of life, but also make residents homeless and forced to move out.

In addition, the current situation of the B3 plan is that there is a 30-meter-high express elevated road, a sharp turn to the Gangnan Elementary School, large trucks with a large load, a large number, and a fast speed. If this plan is adopted, the traffic will enter a dark period. And there is no alternative road, which will make the project period as long as 5 to 10 years a pain for residents.

In addition, there is also Gangnan Elementary School nearby. Do the teachers and students of the school have to spend every day in the noise of traffic and worry about danger and fear?

At present, Line 61 and Line 15 are two separate routes, but if the viaduct is forced to overlap Line 61, the traffic function of Line 15 will be lost. Is this really to ease traffic?

The General Administration of Highways of the Ministry of Communications stated that the explanation meeting was held to explain several transportation plans to the residents, and after listening to local opinions, they will bring the opinions of the residents back.

Legislator Zheng Zhengqian and many city councilors attended the briefing, calling on the central government to listen to local voices in road projects, especially to minimize the impact on residents' lives, and not to rush forward and only listen to the opinions of scholars and experts.

The Fengbi-Xiangshan Section of the No. 61 Xibin Expressway Elevated Highway held a briefing at the Gangnan Activity Center in Hsinchu City today. Local residents hung white banners to protest and express their feelings, calling for a route with fewer households to be demolished.

(Photo by reporter Hong Meixiu)

The Fengbi-Xiangshan Section of the No. 61 Xibin Expressway Elevated Highway held a briefing at the Gangnan Activity Center in Hsinchu City today. Local residents called for choosing a route with fewer relocated households.

(Photo by reporter Hong Meixiu)

The Fengbi-Xiangshan Section of the No. 61 Xibin Expressway Elevated Highway held a briefing at the Gangnan Activity Center in Hsinchu City today. Local residents called for choosing a route with fewer demolition households to maintain their homes and traffic safety.

(Photographed by reporter Hong Meixiu) (Photographed by reporter Hong Meixiu)

The Fengbi-Xiangshan Section of the No. 61 Xibin Expressway Elevated Highway held a briefing at the Gangnan Activity Center in Hsinchu City today. Local residents hung white banners to protest and express their feelings, calling for a route with fewer households to be demolished.

(Photo by reporter Hong Meixiu)