Browsing: Kaohsiung redevelopment

For the long term, Lai said the city should evaluate a 24-hour offshore airport near the waters off the Nansing Project Area (南星計畫區). He said an offshore site could reduce the effect of nighttime takeoffs and landings on urban neighborhoods while supporting international cargo and long-haul routes.

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications Freeway Bureau (交通部高速公路局) on Wednesday issued a second tender for the C705S Siaogang section (小港路段), with a budget of more than NT$17.9 billion. The section is considered important because it is near the port end of the planned freeway, which is intended to improve freight movement and reduce congestion on National Freeway No. 1 and major roads in Greater Kaohsiung.

Deputy Mayor Lin Chin-rong (林欽榮) previously said the site would include a rope climbing system, bouldering area, balance-bike and inline-skating practice areas, a parkour practice zone, and a pump track: a looping course with bumps and banked turns for balance bikes, scooters, and other small-wheeled activities.

Kaohsiung is reviewing plans to extend its MRT network farther east, with future routes aimed at improving connections to Jiuqutang Station (九曲堂站), Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum (佛光山佛陀紀念館), Dashu (大樹), and Cishan (旗山).

By KHT Staff. Images via 高都觀測站. KAOHSIUNG — A Facebook post documenting demolition at the former Kaohsiung Ambassador Hotel (高雄國賓大飯店)…

An environmental group has criticized the project, saying the sites were originally tree pits and that trees would provide better cooling than umbrellas. The group said the shades block sunlight but do not lower urban temperatures.

By KHT Staff KAOHSIUNG — Kaohsiung officials say the rebuilt Jiuru Bridge (九如橋) remains on schedule to reopen before the…

The Kaohsiung Chung Hwa warehouse (高雄中華店), which opened in 1997, was Costco’s first store in Taiwan. It is scheduled to close at 6 p.m. on July 2 and reopen July 3 at its new location on Jhihke Road (智科路).

By KHT Staff KAOHSIUNG — The Water Resources Bureau (水利局) has begun work on a NT$50 million upgrade to the…

The site is within walking distance of Zuoying Station and a short drive from the HSR, Taiwan Railways, and Kaohsiung Metro transfer area at Zuoying, giving it one of the strongest transport locations in the city.