Several new traffic control measures are to be implemented for the cherry blossom season near Wuling Farm (武陵農場) in Taichung’s Heping District (和平).
From today, visitors to the farm would need to make a reservation, as the daily number of visitors would be capped at 6,000 during the 22-day cherry blossom season, the Taichung Police Department’s Heping Precinct said.
Tour groups would be eligible to apply for visitor passes, while accommodation on the farm and bus tickets to the site would also include the passes, it said in a statement.
Photo: Chang Hsuan-tse, Taipei Times
Signboards saying that passes are required to enter the farm have been set up between the 95km mark of Provincial Highway No. 7 in Yilan County and the beginning of Provincial Highway No. 7A, as well as the 74km mark on the 7A, it said.
A checkpoint operated by Wuling Farm workers would be set up at the entrance of Wuling Road near the 53.8km mark on Provincial Highway No. 7A, where people who do not have passes would be asked to turn back, it added.
Visitors are encouraged to use public transportation, the police precinct said.
Driver should ensure they have enough fuel and keep their lights on while driving on mountain roads near the farm that only have one lane in each direction, the precinct added.
Cherry trees have been blooming in the mountains in central Taiwan since the middle of December last year, as well as in other locations, including Taipei, New Taipei City and Kaohsiung’s Taoyuan District (桃源), since last month.
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