Pingzhen District's Four Bottleneck Roads Delayed; Representatives Demand City Government Speed Up

Taoyuan City councilors are expressing strong dissatisfaction with the prolonged delays in opening crucial roads in Pingzhen District, demanding greater efficiency from the city government. The lack of progress on these infrastructure projects is seen as a direct impediment to local development and a source of frustration for residents.

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The opening of bottleneck roads in Pingzhen District is progressing too slowly, and the city government needs to speed up.

Councilor Liu Ren-chao specifically highlighted the Jinling Road 5th and 6th section alternative route, a project approved in 2021 with a budget of NT$370 million. Despite the approval, construction is not expected to begin until the end of the year. While acknowledging some central government factors, Liu emphasized that the public perceives this as governmental inefficiency. The explanation provided by the Public Works Bureau, citing the need for a public hearing due to the involvement of over a thousand individuals in land acquisition and the Ministry of the Interior's cautious approach following the Dapu incident, does little to appease the concerns about the project's protracted timeline.

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The Jinling Road 5th and 6th section alternative route is a new construction project along the main canal, with a total budget of NT$370 million. It was approved in 2021 but is expected to start construction only by the end of the year. Although there are some central government factors, for the public, they only see the government's inefficiency.

Further compounding the issue, the Industrial Road 11 project, managed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Industrial Park Management Center, has stalled due to the center's reluctance to fund it. The Taoyuan City government has now committed to covering the full NT$37 million cost, with design work commencing. The Fudan Road project is entangled in urban planning changes due to agricultural land, and Nanfeng Road Lane 161 is undergoing land acquisition through negotiated purchase. These multiple hurdles across different projects underscore a systemic challenge in infrastructure development within the district.

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The Jinling Road 5th and 6th section alternative route construction project started in 2024. Because the road requires land acquisition, although the procedures have been completed, the Ministry of the Interior's Land Administration Department, considering that it involves more than a thousand people, requires more meticulous work. Therefore, the city government will hold a public hearing, and it is expected that construction can begin by the end of the year at the earliest.

From a local perspective in Taoyuan, these delays are not mere bureaucratic inconveniences; they represent missed opportunities for economic growth and improved quality of life. The inability to connect key areas and facilitate smoother traffic flow impacts businesses, commutes, and overall urban functionality. While international news might focus on grand infrastructure projects, the reality on the ground in Pingzhen is about the frustratingly slow progress on essential, yet seemingly intractable, local road networks. The demand for the city government to 'step on the gas' reflects a deep-seated local impatience with the pace of development.

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Since the Dapu incident, the central government has become more cautious about land acquisition, so the acquisition process is longer.