Five MRT construction contracts won engineering quality awards, including work on the Siaogang–Linyuan and Gangshan–Lujhu extensions and the Yellow Line. Two Yellow Line contracts also received occupational health and safety honors.

Banana Pier’s restoration, four pedestrian improvement projects and three recreation-space projects were among the public works honored at this year’s City Engineering Quality Gold Awards. The city reported 51 recognized projects overall.

A new footbridge will connect Guoling Nature Park and Chengcing Lake across Songyi Road. Construction will close the road from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for three nights beginning Oct. 6, with drivers advised to use alternative routes.

The new Highway 17 route linking Ciaotou and Zuoying is expected to open by late October. The city projects the 7.3-kilometer road will cut driving time by about 15 minutes and ease traffic on the existing route.

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai says a preliminary feasibility report is ready for a proposed 24-hour international airport, though no site, budget or timetable has been disclosed.

B Hall broke ground in 2017 and is expected to begin operating this year, but its developer has yet to announce when the public can enter its mall or cinema.

A Kaohsiung woman’s 40-day detention term and NT$200,000 fine became final after an appeal panel upheld her conviction over a dog’s death in a rented apartment.

Kaohsiung police have arrested three suspects and are searching for a fourth following a violent dispute over a suspected drug debt that left one man dead and two hospitalized in Fongshan District.

The Aozihdi project, also called Kaohsiung Star (高雄之星), includes a tower planned to reach 235.7 meters. If completed at that height, it would become the city’s third-tallest building, behind 85 Sky Tower and Farglory The One.

Known as the Zhongzheng Gate (中正哨), the old entrance stands near the intersection of Zhongzheng Road (中正路) and Jieshou Road (介壽路). It dates to around 1950, shortly after the naval command moved to Zuoying. Once the navy has transferred operations to the new gate, the city plans to incorporate the old site into the road project. The new section of Highway 17 is scheduled to open in late October, according to the report.