Landslide Blocks Southern Cross-Island Highway, Expected to Reopen by 10 AM

(Central News Agency reporter Lu Taicheng, Taitung County, 6th) The Highway Bureau's Guanshan Maintenance Office announced this morning that a slope collapse occurred on the Southern Cross-Island Highway at the Lidao section in Taitung County, causing a traffic interruption. It is expected to be cleared by 10 AM. Guanshan Maintenance Office Director Lin Jinfang said in a telephone interview with CNA this morning that a slope collapse occurred at 7:50 AM at Provincial Highway 20, Section 174K+400 (Lidao section of the Southern Cross-Island Highway) in Haiduan Township, Taitung County, blocking traffic in both directions. The Guanshan Maintenance Office has dispatched contractor machinery for emergency repairs and expects to restore normal traffic by 10 AM. (Editor: Huang Mingxi) 1150606