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On the second consecutive day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, traffic volume on national highways increased, and the Ministry of Transportation implemented diversion measures to reduce traffic jams.
The 26th is the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. National highways still have high-occupancy control and other measures. It is recommended that southbound users of the Western National Highway try to depart before 6:00 or after 12:00; southbound users of National Highway 5 are recommended to depart before 5:00 or after 17:00; northbound users of National Highway 5 are recommended to depart before 9:00. (File photo, taken by reporter Tian Yuhua)
Today (26th) is the second consecutive day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. The Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport estimates that 9 sections of national highways are prone to traffic jams today and have high-occupancy control and other measures. It is recommended that southbound users of the Western National Highway try to depart before 6:00 or after 12:00; southbound users of National Highway 5 are recommended to depart before 5:00 or after 17:00; northbound users of National Highway 5 are recommended to depart before 9:00.
The Gaogong Bureau estimates that today’s national highway traffic flow is 1.2 times the average annual average, and predicts that the key congested sections today are south (east) to National 1 Yangmei-Toufen, Wangtian-Yuanlin; National 3 Zhonghe-Kanxi, Kuaiguan-Mingjian; National 5 Nangang system-Toucheng; National 10 Dingjin system-Yanchao system. The north (west) direction is the Yuanshan-Dahua system of National 1; Yilan-Pinglin of National 5; Renwu-Zuoyingduan of National 10.
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Today's national highway-related diversion measures include closing the National 1 Puyan system, National 5 Shiding and Pinglin southbound entrances from 5 to 12 p.m.; National 5 Su'ao, Luodong, Yilan and Toucheng northbound entrances to high-occupancy control from 13 to 18:00; single rate, National 3 Hsinchu system to Yanchao system adopting a single rate and then 20% off tolls, suspending tolls from 0 to 5 hours, opening road shoulders, alternative roads, ramp instrument control, etc.
The Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation also predicts that there will still be traffic flows on some major provincial highways, sections connecting to national highways, and sections around tourist attractions starting from this morning. In addition to the sections of Provincial Route 64, Provincial Route 65, Provincial Route 74, and Provincial Route 86 connecting to expressways, travelers are also asked to pay more attention to the sections around tourist attractions.
Road sections prone to traffic jams in tourist attractions include the Provincial Line 2 section from Guandu to Tamsui, the Provincial Line 3 Daxi section, the Provincial Route 21 section around Sun Moon Lake, and the Provincial Route 9 Nan'ao and Jiaoxi section, etc. In addition, the Highway Bureau once again reminded that the Miaoli section of Provincial Highway 61 is a section prone to congestion due to the construction of the Xuanbao Bridge reconstruction project and the level crossing improvement project, and that alternative roads have been planned during the dredging period.
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