Evacuation gates and embankment crossings along the Keelung and Tamsui rivers are to be closed for entrance at 4:00pm on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Haikui, the Taipei Public Works Department announced.
Those with vehicles parked along the riverside within the embankment will be permitted to move their vehicles out until 10:00pm, but no vehicles will be allowed to enter, the city said, adding that the gates would be fully closed at 10:00pm.
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The city would begin towing any vehicles that remain parked within the embankment starting at 8:00pm, at the owner’s expense, it said.
Those who fail to move their parked vehicles before 8:00pm could also incur fines between NT$1,800 and NT$4,800, it said.
To accommodate those forced to move their vehicles, parking would be permitted along roadsides painted with yellow or red lines in areas near the riverside in the city’s Zhongshan (中山), Songshan (松山), Shilin (士林), Wanhua (萬華) and Datong (大同) districts, it said.
Separately, the New Taipei City Government said that no vehicles would be allowed to enter the Gaotandi Parking Lot (高灘地停車場) after 7:00pm on Friday, and that parking would be permitted along roadsides painted with yellow or red lines in areas near riverside areas in the city would be permitted at that time.
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