Browsing: Kaohsiung transportation

Restaurants, guesthouses and cultural businesses are preparing to open in restored former Navy residences along Wei 6th Road in Zuoying. The first phase is scheduled to begin operating in October.

The Taiwan Railway Corporation (台灣鐵路公司) plans to demolish and rebuild the 60-year-old Lujhu Station (路竹車站) after the facility failed to meet structural seismic standards. According to information published by local community outlet Kaohsiungdian (高雄點), the railway authority expects to open the public tender process for the reconstruction project in October. Preliminary project timelines indicate the new transit station is scheduled to become fully operational by mid-2029.

A section of Chaishan Road in Gushan District reopened to cars Sept. 12 after remaining closed for more than two weeks because of slope movement caused by heavy rain.

The first 880 meters of the NT$98.4 billion Kaohsiung-Pingtung Second Expressway will break ground in Jiuru on Sept. 28, beginning work on a route expected to reach Zuoying in 2033.

Drivers have complained that a narrow access road and sharp turn at HSR Zuoying Station leave little room for error. THSR has agreed to repair damaged protective tubing, but no wider reconstruction has been announced.

Kaohsiung plans to spend NT$160 million on a new bridge beside Fongshan’s historic Dongfu Bridge, providing a safer route across Fongshan Creek.

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The 23-kilometer freeway would run from the Freeway No. 10 Renwu System Interchange, south through Renwu, Niaosong, Fongshan, Daliao and Siaogang, before connecting with Nansing Road and the Linhai Industrial Park. Its projected cost is about NT$150.1 billion.

Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. says station-area growth is shifting from commuting to full-time living ahead of the line’s January 2027 anniversary, with Taoyuan and Hsinchu posting the youngest populations of the network’s 12 stops.

Kaohsiung police released a viral anti-drug driving video featuring a zombie passenger for Ghost Month. The campaign highlights stricter 2026 penalties after authorities intercepted 897 drug-driving cases in the first half of the year.