[Reporters Chen Jiayi and Ding Yi/Report from Taipei] In order to relieve traffic congestion at the Gangshan Interchange on National Highway No. 1 and the surrounding traffic flow, in response to the increasing traffic in Qiaotou Science Park and Okayama in the future, the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Communications plans to add the Okayama Second Interchange , widening the national highway main line and other projects.

At the EIA meeting yesterday, the Environmental Protection Committee requested a detailed explanation of the conservation measures for grass owl breeding, supplementary earthwork management and other materials, and the whole case passed the EIA meeting.

The Gaogong Bureau stated that it will closely cooperate with the Kaohsiung City Government to simultaneously handle the land acquisition for the interchange and connecting road projects, which are expected to be completed in 2017.

Shi Bowen, Section Chief of the Planning Team of the Highway Public Security Bureau, said that the Gangshan Second Interchange is located about two kilometers north of the existing Okayama Interchange, which can help relieve the traffic flow of the Okayama Interchange. Since several nearby industrial areas are in operation one after another, the future derivatives will be considered. After the demand for travel and transportation, the Kaohsiung City Government proposed to build the Gangshan Second Interchange, and the Gaogong Bureau agreed after deliberation. The current total construction cost is 43.

800 million yuan.

Shi Bowen pointed out that the second interchange in Okayama is to use the original Okayama toll station area to add an interchange, and the Okayama weighbridge station will also cooperate with the reconstruction, changing the current "single-weight type" to "double-weight type", adjusting the incoming and outgoing lines, Increase the parking space for vehicles and improve the weighing efficiency.