Today is the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. Minister of Communications Wang Guocai said that the traffic flow on the national highway in the morning was 23% less than that of the past Dragon Boat Festival, so the national highway was generally smooth in the morning. The Gao Gong Bureau stated that as of 12:00 noon, the national highways were normal except for the congested section from Hukou to Hsinchu in the south of National 1. In the followingnoon, it is estimated that the four sections of Yangmei-Hsinchu and other sections in the south of National 1 may be congested with vehicles. Notice. In addition, the traffic flow on Suhua Road Corridor was slightly lower than that of previous years on the first day of consecutive holidays, but it cannot be ruled out that there will be traffic in the followingnoon.
During the inspection, Wang Guocai said in a joint interview with the media that the traffic volume this morning was 23% less than that of the Dragon Boat Festival during the epidemic, and the entire national highway was generally smooth. In addition, the Taiwan Railway was going to work during the Dragon Boat Festival. Passengers are encouraged to go out for a walk despite the epidemic prevention.
According to the real-time road conditions of the national highway, as of 1 p.m., the national road condition is generally smooth, and the speed of each road section can be maintained at more than 40 kilometers per hour.
The Expressway Bureau of the Ministry of Communications stated that as of 12:00 noon, the traffic volume of the entire national highway was 39.7 million vehicle kilometers, and the estimated traffic volume today was 115 million vehicle kilometers, which is still within the expected flow range. Except for the section from Hukou to Hsinchu in the south, the rest of the sections are generally normal.
The Gao Gong Bureau estimates that the key congested road sections this followingnoon are National 1 south to Yangmei-Hsinchu, Changhua system-Puyan system; National 3 south to Tucheng-Kanxi; National 5 south to Nangang system-Toucheng and other road sections, it is recommended to use passers-by Through the Bureau’s Expressway 1968 website and app, and listening to police broadcasts while driving, you can get real-time traffic information, and avoid the congested sections and times of national highways.
The Gao Gong Bureau also suggested that people going to China 5 can take advantage of the departure time following 5 pm to save valuable time.
As for the provincial highway, the General Administration of Highways stated that as of 12:00 noon, there are many sections of the provincial highway in the north, central and southern areas. The national 3 road section and the Tai 7 B line Shuiliu East road section to Sanmin road section, the central area is the Tai 74 line Dali to Wufeng road section and the Wuri to Kuaiguan road section, etc., and the southern area is the Tai 86 line Guanmiao road section.
The General Administration of Highways said that there are 3 special control sections today, including the section from Cuifeng to Dayuling of Taiwan 14 A Line, in conjunction with Hehuan Mountain Flower Season Control, at 2 control points (18K, 41K) from 6 to 11 am. Load control; short-distance guidance measures in which the second lane of the 450K+200~449K+100 new road section on the northbound Route 9 is gradually reduced to one lane in advance; the 117k+400 (Guanyuan) disaster road section of the 8th Line, Xiulin Township, Hualien County Closure measures: 114k+600~126k (Guanyuan to Shenmu) is closed from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm every day, and 114k+600~151k+700 (Guanyuan to Luoshao) is closed from 5:00 pm to 7:00 am the next day.
In the section of Suhua Road Corridor, there was a wave of cars getting off from the south at 5:00 a.m. The Hualien police observed that the traffic flow was slightly lower than that of previous years on the first day of consecutive holidays. It is not ruled out that there will be a traffic wave in the followingnoon. According to the statistics of the Fourth Maintenance Engineering Office of the General Administration of Highways, the number of vehicles getting off in the south of Suhua Road Corridor gradually emerged at 5:00 a.m., reaching a peak of 1,056 vehicles per hour at 7:00 a.m., with an average of regarding 800 to 900 vehicles per hour. It is smooth, the travel time from Suao to Chongde via Suhua change is regarding 87 minutes.