Taipei residents should be prepared for serious traffic congestion around the Xinsheng overpass (新生高架橋) starting today as its southbound side and a section of the northbound side will be closed until Sept. 30 for repairs, the Taipei City Government said yesterday.
The southbound side of the overpass from the Yuanshan (圓山) approach road to Jinan Road and the northbound side from Minsheng E Road to the approach road will be closed from today as Taipei City’s New Construction Department replaces the approach road with an entrance ramp.
Fang Yang-ning (方仰寧), director of Taipei City Police Department’s Traffic Division, encouraged drivers heading to Shilin (士林) and western areas of Beitou (北投) to take alternate routes using Chengde, Chongqing N or Huanhe N roads. Drivers heading for Dazhi (大直) and eastern areas of Beitou can take Beian, Fuxing N or Minquan E roads, or use the Jianguo overpass.
Heavy traffic is also expected on Zhongshan N Road between Jiantan and Minzu E roads, and drivers should take alternative routes at peak hours between 8am to 9am and from 6pm to 7pm, he said.
Fang said about 3,000 cars travel on the overpass during rush hour every day. Traffic control will be especially enforced on roads heading toward Shilin, Tamsui (淡水) and Dazhi to help traffic flow.
Wu Chun-hsien (吳俊賢), director of the construction department, said the work would ease congestion in the Yuanshan area, a major transfer center for traffic to Shilin, Beitou and Neihu (內湖). Drivers will be able to travel more directly to Shilin and Beitou from Zhongshan N Road, Wu said.
For more information, visit the Department of Transportation’s Web site at dot.taipei.gov.tw.
Death row inmate Huang Lin-kai (黃麟凱), who was convicted for the double murder of his former girlfriend and her mother, is to be executed at the Taipei Detention Center tonight, the Ministry of Justice announced. Huang, who was a military conscript at the time, was convicted for the rape and murder of his ex-girlfriend, surnamed Wang (王), and the murder of her mother, after breaking into their home on Oct. 1, 2013. Prosecutors cited anger over the breakup and a dispute about money as the motives behind the double homicide. This is the first time that Minister of Justice Cheng Ming-chien (鄭銘謙) has
Ferry operators are planning to provide a total of 1,429 journeys between Taiwan proper and its offshore islands to meet increased travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, the Maritime and Port Bureau said yesterday. The available number of ferry journeys on eight routes from Saturday next week to Feb. 2 is expected to meet a maximum transport capacity of 289,414 passengers, the bureau said in a news release. Meanwhile, a total of 396 journeys on the "small three links," which are direct ferries connecting Taiwan's Kinmen and Lienchiang counties with China's Fujian Province, are also being planned to accommodate
TRANSPORT CONVENIENCE: The new ticket gates would accept a variety of mobile payment methods, and buses would be installed with QR code readers for ease of use New ticketing gates for the Taipei metro system are expected to begin service in October, allowing users to swipe with cellphones and select credit cards partnered with Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC), the company said on Tuesday. TRTC said its gates in use are experiencing difficulty due to their age, as they were first installed in 2007. Maintenance is increasingly expensive and challenging as the manufacturing of components is halted or becoming harder to find, the company said. Currently, the gates only accept EasyCard, iPass and electronic icash tickets, or one-time-use tickets purchased at kiosks, the company said. Since 2023, the company said it
BITTERLY COLD: The inauguration ceremony for US president-elect Donald Trump has been moved indoors due to cold weather, with the new venue lacking capacity A delegation of cross-party lawmakers from Taiwan, led by Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), for the inauguration of US president-elect Donald Trump, would not be able to attend the ceremony, as it is being moved indoors due to forecasts of intense cold weather in Washington tomorrow. The inauguration ceremony for Trump and US vice president-elect JD Vance is to be held inside the Capitol Rotunda, which has a capacity of about 2,000 people. A person familiar with the issue yesterday said although the outdoor inauguration ceremony has been relocated, Taiwan’s legislative delegation has decided to head off to Washington as scheduled. The delegation
RSS