Freeway tolls will not be collected between 11pm and 6am every day from Thursday to Sunday to encourage motorists to travel during off-peak hours during the National Day long weekend, the National Freeway Bureau said yesterday.
Aside from removing tolls during the period, the bureau has set a flat daytime rate of NT$0.9 per kilometer. The flat rate is a 25 percent discount on the regular toll, but the usual 20km of toll-free travel per day will be suspended during the three-day holiday, the bureau said.
In addition, those who travel between Hsinchu and Yenchao intersections on Freeway No. 3 will get another 20 percent off on the rate. The cheaper offer is aimed at encouraging motorists to use Freeway No. 3 to relieve traffic spikes on Freeway No. 1, which is shorter, bureau officials said.
Between 7am and noon on Friday and Saturday, only vehicles with three or more people (including the driver) will be allowed to enter the southbound lanes from the Nangang onramp in Taipei and the Shiding and Pinglin onramps in New Taipei City
The same rule will apply to northbound lanes from 3pm to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday at onramps in Suao (蘇澳), Luodong (羅東), Yilan and Toucheng (頭城) in Yilan County, the bureau said.
Real-time traffic information is available on the bureau’s Web site:1968.freeway.gov.tw.
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