Strict traffic controls will be enforced around Taipei Track and Field Stadium and Taipei Dome starting next Wednesday for the upcoming Deaflympics.
Beining Road will be closed to traffic between 4pm and 12am from next Wednesday ahead of the opening ceremony for the Deaflympics on Saturday next week. Traffic police will enforce flexible traffic controls on next Wednesday and Thursday on Nanjing E Road, Dunhua N Road and Bade Road surrounding the stadium. The roads will be closed from 5pm to 12am on Sept. 5.
Fang Yang-ning (方仰寧), Taipei City Police Department Traffic Division director, said the parking lot for scooters at Taipei Dome would be closed from Friday to Sept. 15 to prevent scooters from blocking the roads for athletes.
The city government will set up a transportation center in Neihu to provide services to athletes and their coaches. Because more than 200 buses will be traveling between the center and the stadium each day, drivers should avoid Xinhu 1st Road, Jiuzong Road and the surrounding areas to prevent traffic jams, he said.
Fang urged motorists to yield to deaf athletes, and said the division would clamp down on drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians with fines of between NT$1,200 and NT$3,600.
Approximately 5,000 athletes from 81 countries will be in the city for the 21st Summer Deaflympics, which will be held from next Friday to Sept. 15.
Meanwhile, in response to former premier Frank Hsieh’s (謝長廷) suggestion that the city government postpone the Deaflympics because of the threat of an A(H1N1), or swine flu, epidemic, Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said yesterday that the Deaflympics would be held according to the original schedule, adding that Taipei City hospitals were prepared to provide medical services to athletes who develop swine flu symptoms or become infected with the virus.
“No Deaflympics has ever been suspended because of a flu outbreak, and we will not let swine flu affect these Games,” Hau said yesterday at the Taipei City Hall.
When asked about China’s participation in the Games, Hau said China would send a 100-member team, but declined to confirm whether or not the team would show up at the opening ceremony on Sept. 5.
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