New Taipei City Councilor Chen Weijie supports the New Taipei City Government in protesting to the Ministry of Transportation and requesting additional funding for the budget gap. (Provided by Chen Weijie)
It is reported that three MRT construction subsidies in New Taipei City in 2016 were significantly reduced by 5.41 billion yuan from the central government. Among them, the Danhai light rail subsidy was completely deleted and will not be approved. Lanying City Councilor Chen Weijie severely criticized the central government for "politically punishing the people of Tamsui." , he also questioned DPP legislator and New Taipei mayor candidate Su Qiaohui's silence on this matter, "Is this the DPP's promise to the people of Tamsui?" He fully supported the New Taipei City Government's protest to the Ministry of Transportation and requested additional funding for the budget gap.
Chen Weijie pointed out that Tamsui has been facing serious external transportation bottlenecks for a long time, making local residents miserable. In the past, the Tampei Road was strongly fought for by the local government, but when Su Tseng-chang was the Executive President, it was blocked by the central government for many years, delaying local development. He said that in the Executive Yuan's total budget, the MRT construction budget has surged 5.6 times to 45.3 billion yuan. It claims to attach importance to transportation in the two norths, but in fact it is ruthless in the Tamsui area's core construction "Tamhai Light Rail", deleting all proposed subsidies.
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He questioned that Su Qiaohui usually talked about "fighting for the construction of New Taipei City", but now faced with the central government slashing the MRT budget of New Taipei City by 5.41 billion yuan and directly reducing the Danhai Light Rail subsidy to zero, she completely lost her mind and acquiesced. "In the past, my father took the Tamsui Road, but now my daughter abandons the Danhai Light Rail." He criticized the DPP on one hand for calling for the election of the mayor of New Taipei City, but on the other hand, it allowed the central government to use the transportation rights of Tamsui people as a victim of political struggle. This is simply the ultimate double standard.
Chen Weijie emphasized that the population of Tamhai New Town has grown rapidly in recent years, and the Tamhai Light Rail is the lifeline for improving local commuting and promoting tourism development, and is by no means a bargaining chip in the central government's political calculations. He fully supports the New Taipei City Government’s protest to the Ministry of Transportation and demands for additional funding to cover the budget gap. He also called on Su Qiaohui and the Democratic Progressive Party representatives to no longer escort the central government and jointly put pressure on the Executive Yuan to step back from the brink and give priority to replenishing the reduced subsidies.
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