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By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Executive Yuan yesterday finalized a plan to construct the Keelung MRT Line, which would connect Taipei’s Nangang Station （南港） to Keelung’s Badu Station （八堵）, with about 77 percent of the costs to be paid by the central government. ....
The Executive Yuan yesterday finalized a plan to construct the Keelung MRT Line, which would connect Taipei’s Nangang Station (南港) to Keelung’s Badu Station (八堵), with about 77 percent of the costs to be paid by the central government. Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) made the announcement yesterday morning during an inspection tour in Keelung. Building the Keelung metropolitan rail system is important, as it affects transportation, industrial development and tourism in Taipei, Keelung and New Taipei City, Su said. People have been waiting 30 years for the plan to be finalized, as officials had difficulty agreeing on the route, he said. “The Executive Yuan ....
Nearly 70 percent of Keelung residents are dissatisfied with the plans for an MRT system for the city, a survey conducted earlier this month by the New Power Party (NPP) showed. Construction of the Keelung MRT system is to proceed in two phases, based on the Ministry of Transportation and Communications’ preliminary plan. The section between Taipei’s Nangang District (南港) and Keelung City’s Badu Station (八堵) is to be built first, which would be on a different route from the one currently used by the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA). The second phase would involve extending the MRT line further from Badu ....
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