Freeway toll booths will be closed between midnight and 7am from Friday to Sunday, the Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau said yesterday.
The measure is being taken to facilitate the flow of traffic during the New Year holiday.
The bureau said traffic was expected to be heaviest on Friday, when traffic volume could exceed 2.1 million vehicles.
Traffic may also be heavy on the freeways between 4pm and 8pm on Thursday, it said.
In addition to closing toll booths, the bureau will activate meter controls on access ramps as necessary. The bureau will also allow small passenger vehicles to drive on the hard shoulder between 7am and 7pm on designated sections of freeway, including the southbound and northbound lanes between Neili (內壢) and Jhongli (中壢) on Freeway No. 1; and the southbound lanes between Dasi (大溪) and Longtan (龍潭), and northbound lanes between Wufeng (霧峰) and Jhongtou (中投) on Freeway No. 3.
To ease congestion inside the Hsuehshan Tunnel, the bureau will allow motorists to drive on the hard shoulder of the northbound lanes on Freeway No. 5 between Toucheng (頭城) and Taipei at certain hours, depending on traffic.
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