High-speed rail Yilan non-terminal station? The high-speed railway around the island is costly And the Tsai authorities have been bombarded with high horses

Su Zhenchang (left), head of the administrative organ of the Taiwan authorities, and Wang Guocai (right), head of the transportation department, were questioned by "legislators" in the legislature on 26 July. Journalist Hu Jingzhou/Photography

For Wang Guocai to throw out the "roundabout high-speed rail is not a dream" concept, experts helplessly "come again", the roundabout high-speed rail must consider the issue of financial leverage, angrily criticized the Tsai authorities for being ambitious; in addition, some scholars reminded that Taiwan is about to enter a low birthrate and ultra-aging, the population is becoming smaller The demand for public transportation is slowly decreasing, and the rail construction should be carefully evaluated. Many yilan people are stunned, questioning the major track policy and then turning, which is difficult to agree.

Taiwan Railway and Land Planning Institute said that the high-speed rail around the island is not a supervisor can make a decision, to obtain a high degree of consensus decision, and technical, financial feasible to carry out, can imagine that the cost is quite high, must consider the issue of financial leverage, question the Tsai authorities are ambitious, avoid the real solution to the problem.

The society also mentioned that the high-speed rail extends to Chaozhou, as far as the railway operation is concerned, it is more ideal, but how to plan the high-speed rail Left Camp to the south should be "very expensive", calling on the Cai authorities not to shoot arrows first and then draw targets, which feels like a vote.

Li Kecong, convener of the Transportation Committee of the Consumer Foundation, said that the high-speed railway network around the island will gradually take shape, but it should be carefully assessed, including how many benefits there are in the one-day living circle, and more importantly, how much "price" to pay, in addition to the high cost, there is also the problem of demolition, and it will also have an impact on the environment, especially in extreme climates, coupled with the impact of low birthrate and ultra-aging, traffic demand is likely to decline.

Zheng Yongxiang, a professor in the Department of Traffic Management of Cheng kung university, said that from the Pingtung high-speed railway to Chaozhou, it can be seen that the Cai authorities have no main axis for railway construction planning, which is more like drawing a station every time they arrive at the election, but they should think from the needs of the next generation, "How will we pick up after extending to Chaozhou?" ”

In fact, Lin Jialong, former director of the transportation department, proposed the "western high-speed rail and eastern express railway" last year, and the transportation department also invested 50 million yuan (NT$) to start the feasibility study of the eastern express railway. Dpp "legislator" Chen Oper said that at that time, Lin Jialong said that the executive high-level supported when the legislature replied, questioning whether Wang Guocai's high-speed rail around the island had been reported to the executive high-level. Perhaps advanced technology can overcome the difficulty of tunnel engineering, but it is more important to consider the huge financial problems of the high-speed rail roundabout.

Some local people in Yilan also said bluntly that if yilan station is extended again, it is equivalent to demolishing houses and acquiring land, and it will move the whole body.

Chen Junyu, general secretary of the Yilan County Council Caucus of the Democratic Progressive Party, pointed out that before the transportation department considered the difficulty of the project, the extension of the high-speed rail was only located in Yilan, and the Yilan station was the end point of the high-speed railway and the starting point of the Eastern Express Railway. Huang Jingting, a member of the Yilan County Council of the Kuomintang, believes that the current supervisor punched the former supervisor in the face, and the Tsai authorities repeatedly disagreed with the major traffic construction policies on the island.