FERRY BRINGS PASSENGERS AND VEHICLES TO SU AO|蘇花路斷出動海運 載回324輛車.逾1100人

The Su Hua Highway was closed to traffic after landslides. The Directorate General of Highways has started repairs and hopes that today, May 31, it will open a single lane to traffic in both directions by turn, from 4 to 6 pm. And On June 1st, it will be open for 3 hours a day. To help with traffic, the Taiwan Railways Administrations laid on extra train services. The MOTC also mobilised ferry transport to transfer passengers. Yesterday, a total of 324 vehicles and 1,100 people were carried by passenger ferries. In heavy rain, a ferry from Hualien Port enters Su Ao Port after an hour's journey. On the ferry are coaches and over one hundred passenger vehicles. They are mostly people who went to the east coast over the holiday and could not return via the Su Hua Highway. ==MR TSAI== When we were all queuing and waiting, in fact we weren't that clear what we were waiting for, even when they were giving out numbers. The management was just managing, police were policing, it was chaotic. ==MR DU == I think driving in the small hours would be better, but not for old people, so they took the extra train yesterday. We slept early and left early and saw on the news that the ferry was available, so with kids its more convenient. Although it was a long wait for the ferry, visitors praise the ferry system which enabled them to return with their vehicles and was so convenient. Those who weren't driving were assisted by the DGH to use shuttle buses directly back to Taipei or take the train with changes. The TRA added four extra local services between stations and two extra non-reserved seat Puyuma trains. Many visitors went to the train station early to get a seat so that the station was crowded. ==PASSENGER== Lots of people, this service is full, it's ok, you just have to quickly buy a ticket and quickly jump on the train. ==PASSENGER== We drove ourselves. ( What will you do about your car?) We left it in Hualien. In the morning the weather on the east coast cleared up. The DGH worked hard to repair the Su Hua Highway, sending large earth moving vehicles to the 112.6 km mark. The landslide area is huge and hard to repair and can only be done in short sections. On May 31, from 4 to 6 pm, a single lane will be opened to traffic in both directions in turn. On June 1, a single lane section will open for three hours in both directions. The collapsed area of bank is a towering slope, it's construction was not easy, and neither is repair and at a rough estimate may take another 5 months, to fully open the road all day. However, if the weather is poor, the re-construction period may take much longer. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 蘇花公路因落石中斷，交通部公路總局持續搶修，預計今天下午四點到六點，先開放單線、雙向通行2小時；六月一日起，每天限制三個時段通行。而因應蘇花不通，除了鐵路增班，交通部也啟動海運郵輪疏運，再以公路系統協助轉乘。海運部分，昨天一共載了324輛大小車輛及1100多人。 傾盆大雨中，由花蓮港出發的麗娜輪，經過一個多小時的航行，緩緩駛入達蘇澳港區，郵輪上除了大型遊覽車，還有一百多輛小客車以及乘客，他們多半都是利用連假期間到花蓮遊玩的旅客，原本都是要走蘇花公路北返 ==蔡先生== 大家在排隊 在等候的時候 其實大家都不清楚 那時候到底是排的是怎樣 動線是怎樣不清楚 然後發號碼牌怎樣 大家都不知道 然後管制的人歸管制 警察歸警察 就都很亂 ==杜先生== 開車的話 我想開凌晨比較不塞 可是老人家受不了 讓他們坐昨天加班的火車 就先回來 我們後來就睡飽早上要走 看到新聞說麗娜輪有開 就想說 因為我還有小孩嘛 想說坐船比較方便 雖然等待搭船的時間很長，但旅客普遍肯定啟動海運機制，能連人帶車一起回來，方便許多，沒有開車的搭船旅客，也由公路總局協調業者啟動接駁車，可以直接返回台北，或到火車站轉乘火車，因應蘇花不通，台鐵加開四列次區間車和2班全自由座普悠瑪號，不少民眾一早就到火車站搶搭車，讓原本就人多的收假日車站，更擁擠了 =旅客== 很多人喔(剛剛這班車滿滿的) 還好 就變成趕快買啊 有車位趕快跳(上去) ==旅客== 我們是自己開車的 （那車子怎麼辦)就留在花蓮 上午東部天氣放晴，公路總局全力搶修蘇花公路，大型機具陸續進入112.6公里處的坍方區，但坍塌面積大，修復不易，只能短期搶通。5月31日下午四點到六點，將先開放單線雙向通行，6月1日起，每天開放三個時段單線雙向通行，由於坍方區在高聳的邊坡，施工不易，粗估要再過5個月，才能全面開放全日通行，但如果遇到天候不佳，施工期可能還會再延長。 記者 薛宜家 林志堅 宜蘭報導