National Highway Control and Congestion-prone Road Sections on the First Day of the Tomb-sweeping Day Holiday

It is estimated to break through the historical record of 53,000 vehicles in a single day, and use passers-by to avoid congestion periods

[Reporters Ding Yi, Zheng Weiqi/Report from Taipei] The five-day Ching Ming holiday is here, and a large number of people travel and return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors. The Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Communications estimates that the national highway will be congested. The car-kilometer is close to the highest traffic flow during the Qingming Festival in previous years. The Snow Mountain Tunnel is even more likely to break the historical traffic record of 53,000 vehicles in a single day. The climate is changeable. It rains first, then dries and then turns wet. It is reminded to bring an umbrella and add clothes when going out.

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Cai Mingzhe, section chief of the traffic management team of the Highway Public Security Bureau, said that this year's Qingming holiday is long, and people tend to plan long-distance travel, and usually choose to start on the first day of the holiday, so it is estimated that today's traffic volume will be close to the largest in Qingming history.

The maximum number of vehicles passing through the snow tunnel in a single day is about 53,000. Today, due to the surge of tourist vehicles, it is possible to break the record.

In the face of historically high traffic volumes, the Highway Public Security Bureau has adopted relevant diversion measures, including: closing the southbound entrances of Guowu Shiding and Pinglin for specific periods of time, as well as the Guoyipingzhen system, Puyan system, Xiluo southbound intersections, and high-occupancy control , open road shoulders, suspend tolls from 0:00 am to 5:00 am, etc.

It is recommended to start on the Western National Highway before 6:00 am or after 12:00 noon, and on National Day 5 before 5:00 am or after 5:00 pm, and leave for Yilan after 8:00 am.

In terms of provincial roads, the Highway Administration of the Ministry of Communications predicts that the southbound Fengbi Road section, Zhunan Road section and Zhongzhang Bridge section of the Xibin Expressway on the Taiwan 61st Line will be congested from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon today. The southward section of Hualu Corridor is prone to congestion from 3:00 am to 9:00 pm today.

National Highway Passenger Sales Poor East Only 9%

However, passenger capacity on national highways has not improved. According to public statistics, during the holiday period, only 24% of passenger tickets on national highways are sold in the west, and only 9% in the east. There are still many vacancies.

In order to encourage the public to take public transportation, discounted fares for multiple routes have been introduced, and free discounts for passengers taking Taiwan Railways, high-speed rail, and national highways and buses in local and urban areas, etc.

The Taiwan Railway Bureau opened 232 additional trains on the whole line during the Qingming transportation period, adding more than 110,000 seats, and the overall transportation capacity increased by 23% compared with the same period last year.

Nine%.

Traveling in Beitai is wet and cool today, pay attention to the rain when worshiping ancestors

The Central Meteorological Bureau predicts that the climate will be changeable for five days in a row. It will rain first, then dry and then wet. Today, there will be significant rainfall in the northern, eastern, and southern mountainous areas of the central region during the day. Pay attention to the heavy rain in the north of the central region, and the temperature in the north will also be cooler. The high temperature during the day is about 20 to 23 degrees Celsius. Next Monday and Tuesday, the southerly wind will turn to the south and the water vapor will decrease. Only the eastern half will have rain. The low temperature in Taiwan is about 17 to 20 degrees, and the temperature will rise next Monday, reaching 28 degrees in the north and 33 degrees in the south-central.