Taichung Dayawu Bridge and Nonglu Bridge will be reconstructed in December with a cost of 260 million to build two lanes and sidewalks

The downstream side of Taichung City's Feizi River has been renovated, and the two old bridges, Wuqiao and Nonglu Bridge, will also start to be renovated! Legislator Yang Qiongying announced today (10th) that the reconstruction project, with a total cost of 260 million yuan, is expected to start in December. It will adopt a single-span truss bridge design, widen the bridge deck to two lanes, and add double-sided sidewalks. It is expected to be completed in August 2028, completely improving the long-term traffic difficulties and flood control safety issues, and completing the last mile of Rafzi Creek renovation.

Legislator Yang Qiongying and city councilors Wu Chengxian and Wu Jiande invited Chen Congren, Director of the New Construction Department of the City Government, Zhang Zhihui, Branch Director of the Third River Branch of the Water Conservancy Department, Qiu Wenhong, Daya District Office Secretary, Zhang Shenghe, Hengshan District Chief, and local residents to hold a pre-construction briefing on the "Daya District Wuqiao and Nonglu Bridge Reconstruction Project" on the 10th.

Chen Congren, Director of the New Construction Department of the Municipal Government, explained in a briefing that the downstream reaches of the Paizi River Remediation Plan have been gradually completed, but the Hengshan Liwu Bridge, Nonglu Bridge and their connecting bank protections have not yet been renovated. The original bridge lengths and beam bottom elevations of the two bridges do not comply with the river management plan specifications, affecting the safety of river flood access and flood control. In conjunction with the reconstruction project, a 64.25-meter-long bridge will be built at Wuqiao and a 64-meter-long Nonglu Bridge. Both bridges adopt a single-span truss bridge design and will not install piers in the river to maintain the river's flood capacity and river control safety.

City Councilor Wu Chengxian said that the Wuqiao and Nonglu Bridges have long-term problems such as narrow bridge decks and difficulty in meeting vehicles. In particular, the Nonglu Bridge has limited traffic space and is more likely to cause traffic bottlenecks when encountering large vehicles.

Yang Qiongying said that the raft stream improvement project has been gradually completed, but Wuqiao and Nonglu Bridge have always been the last keys to local flood control and traffic safety. She continued to seek funds from the central government and facilitated the reconstruction of the two bridges. They adopted a single-span truss design and did not install bridge piers in the river. This took into account the structural safety of the bridge and the needs of flood control in the river, and also solved the problem of passing cars.