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Han Guoyu and Jiang Qichen reiterated the idea of extending the National VI eastward through the Central Mountains? Green Camp criticized: The imagination is cheating
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Han Guoyu and Jiang Qichen reiterated the idea of extending the National VI eastward through the Central Mountains? Green Camp criticized: The imagination is cheating

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  • KMT Taichung mayoral candidate Jiang Qichen held a rally at the Shalu District Yunjiu Baseball and Softball Stadium on the 6th.
  • Legislative President Han Kuo-yu made the final speech and raised the issue of the eastward extension of National VI, which aroused doubts from the outside world.
  • Taichung Mayor He Xinchun of the Democratic Progressive Party and city councilors criticized the issue as unrealistic, involving difficult projects and strict environmental impact assessment, and that non-election slogans can be replaced.

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On the evening of the 6th, the Kuomintang Taichung mayoral candidate Chiang Chi-chen held a large-scale rally called "Sea Line Connection! Unite Forward!" at the Yunjiu Baseball and Softball Stadium in Shalu District. Legislative President Han Guo-yu made the final speech and once again proposed the idea of ​​an eastward extension of the National Sixth National Congress, which runs through the Central Mountains and extends eastward from Nantou to Hualien.

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On the 6th, KMT Taichung mayoral candidate Chiang Chi-chen held a large-scale rally called "Connecting Sea Lines! Unite Forward!" and Legislative President Han Kuo-yu made the final speech. He once again raised the issue of the eastward extension of National VI, which aroused doubts from the outside world. (Photo by reporter Liao Yaodong)

The Kuomintang Taichung mayoral candidate Chiang Chi-chen held a large-scale rally called "Sea Line Connection! Unite Forward!" at the Yunjiu Baseball and Softball Stadium in Shalu District on the evening of the 6th. Legislative President Han Kuo-yu delivered the final speech. He once again raised the issue of the eastward extension of the National VI National Convention, which aroused doubts from the outside world. He Xinchun, mayor of Taichung of the Democratic Progressive Party, said that the eastern extension of the National Sixth National Congress involves highly difficult engineering disciplines and strict environmental impact assessments. It cannot be replaced by a slogan, otherwise the Chinese people will not rest assured.

Last night, Hanguo-yu once again called out the idea proposed many years ago to extend the National Highway 6 eastward from Nantou to Hualien through the Central Mountain Range. He and Jiang Qichen also signed it, emphasizing that if the 28 kilometers of the Central Mountain Range are opened, traffic will be smooth from east to west, and it will only take 40 minutes for Taichung City to reach Hualien and go down to Taitung, becoming a one-day living area.

City Councilor Xie Zhizhong said that Han Guoyu, as the Legislative Yuan, and Jiang Qichen, as the Vice President of the Legislative Yuan, once again raised relevant issues before the election, made big fuss, and made unrealistic and unreasonable promises. If you really wanted to promote it, you should have taken concrete actions long ago, instead of waiting until the election is approaching to hype the issue again. It is basically a "guava ticket" and, to put it bluntly, it is vote fraud.

City Councilor Yang Dianzhong said that President Tsai Ing-wen said at the time that the National Sixth National Extension East Extension had been evaluated during the Ma government era. Many technical difficulties could not be overcome and the feasibility was not high. The Central Mountain Range is Taiwan's natural barrier and the sacred mountain that protects the country. Large-scale excavation is likely to destroy Taiwan. Alpine habitat ecology, affecting water resources and geologically sensitive areas, Han Kuo-yu has been criticized by environmental groups for raising the issue in the 2019 presidential election. Now he has proposed it to help Jiang Qichen, who was born in the mountain town of Taichung. This kind of election policy that destroys mountains and forests may only hurt Jiang Qichen's election.

On the 6th, KMT Taichung mayoral candidate Chiang Chi-chen held a large-scale rally called "Connecting Sea Lines! Unite Forward!" and Legislative President Han Kuo-yu made the final speech. He once again raised the issue of the eastward extension of National VI, which aroused doubts from the outside world. (Photo by reporter Liao Yaodong)

Open Questions

  • What are the results of the feasibility assessment of the specific project for the National VI east extension?
  • Has the environmental impact assessment been adopted or when is it expected to be carried out?
  • Will this issue become a key issue in the Taichung mayoral election?

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