The Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) is assessing whether motorcycles with 50 to 250 cubic centimeter (cc) engines should be allowed on improved sections of the Suhua Highway (Highway No. 9), Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) told the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday.
The three improved sections run along Taiwan’s rugged east coast — from Suao (蘇澳) to Dongao (東澳) townships in Yilan County; from Nanao Township (南澳) in Yilan to Heping Township (和平) in Hualien County; and from Hejhong (和中) to Dacingshuei (大清水) in Hualien. The last of the three sections was opened to traffic in January 2020.
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