Suhua Highway Jammed Again: What Right Do Outsiders Have to Decide How Local Residents Live??

Citing netizen questions, this article criticizes the government's neglect of Hualien-Taitung transportation issues and eastern residents' needs in the 'Forward-Looking Infrastructure Plan.' It argues that outsiders who treat eastern Taiwan as a backyard garden should not decide on local construction. Instead of building a Suhua Expressway that would disfigure the coastline, the author suggests granting eastern residents priority ticket purchasing rights on Taiwan Railways, and satirizes the DPP government's indifference to the Suhua Highway Improvement, implying it's because Hualien-Taitung votes, like those of military personnel, civil servants, and teachers, don't typically go to the DPP.