Continual road works on Taiwan Provincial Highway No.2 - Residents demand immediate restoration of Highway No.2

For many years, the section of road between HongShulin and Zhuwei on Taiwan Provincial Highway No.2 - the main road link between Taipei and Tamsui - has been undergoing pipeline installation work. Due to the density of various construction sites along the road, the people of Tamsui have suffered greatly with traffic congestion. With the aim of taking the protest to New Taipei City Government and solving the problem, a group of young people has organized ‘Rectify Provincial Highway No.2 Placard Group’.

Recently, New Taipei City Government’s Water Resources Agency issued a press release stating that construction work on Taiwan Provincial Highway No.2 would be finished by January 15. The group decided to choose the day after the scheduled work completion date to hold a press conference outside New Taipei City Government. Early on the day of the meeting, the group inspected the construction sites only to discover that although fencing around the site had been removed, excavators were still present and the road was still in pieces – a far cry from finished. Group member Wang Zhong-ming (王鐘銘), said that unless New Taipei City Government takes responsibility for coordinating and supervising construction, the group will mobilize people to stage a mass protest on the section of road between HongShulin and Zhuwei.

Continual road works on Taiwan Provincial Highway No.2
- Residents demand immediate restoration of Highway No.2
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/230347

(以下為中文對照)

淡水台二線挖路壅塞無止盡 居民要求立即整頓台二線

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新北市淡水台二線上（紅樹林至竹圍段）管線增建工程持續數年，由於工區密布於道路，反覆開挖坑洞不斷，淡水人苦於台二線長期交通壅塞之苦，幾名年輕人組成「整頓台二線舉牌小組」，希望用路人一同響應，向新北市政府抗議。

日前新北市政府水利局發佈新聞稿表示，1月15日淡水台二線管線工程將完工。「整頓台二線舉牌小組」選在預定完工日隔天前往新北市政府開記者會，一早查驗管線工程，發現只撤除了工區圍籬，怪手仍在工區，道路破碎未修復。「整頓台二線舉牌小組」成員王鐘銘表示，新北市政府應擔任統合協調者，督導施工、統一管理，否則將號召民眾站滿台二線(紅樹林到竹圍段)，要新北市政府正視。