Kaohsiung Clears Flood Control Bottleneck at Bakang Bridge in Houjin River; New Bridge Set to Open in November
Kaohsiung City Water Resources Bureau has completed key flood control improvement works in the Houjin River basin, including clearing the Bakang Bridge bottleneck. The new bridge is scheduled to open in November to mitigate flood risks.
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- 📰 Published: May 16, 2026 at 13:22
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With the flood season and plum rain front approaching, the Kaohsiung City Water Resources Bureau is promoting flood control improvement projects in the Houjin River basin, completing the clearing of the Caogong New Canal confluence and the key Bakang Bridge section. The new Bakang Bridge is expected to open to traffic this November.
The Water Resources Bureau stated in a press release today that the confluence of the Caogong New Canal, Shilong Creek, and Houjin River was prone to rising water levels during heavy rainfall due to poor confluence flow. The insufficient flow width of the Bakang Bridge abutments was also a key bottleneck affecting channel flow efficiency.
The Water Resources Bureau stated that to strive for flood prevention timeliness, the construction team adopted methods such as zonal construction, machinery scheduling, and process connection to accelerate the demolition of the old Bakang Bridge and the removal of the Caogong New Canal revetment bottleneck, which was completed as scheduled by the 10th. The goal of removing the Bakang Bridge bottleneck was achieved by the 15th.
The Water Resources Bureau stated that in addition to improving engineering bottlenecks, they are also simultaneously conducting dredging of the entire Caogong New Canal, expecting to complete 4.65 kilometers of river clearing by the end of May, removing approximately 35,000 cubic meters of earth. The upstream Mengli and Shijiuhwan detention ponds, with a total detention capacity of about 212,000 tons, will also cooperate to play a regulating effect, expected to lower the overall water level by 1 meter.
The Water Resources Bureau emphasized that this project improves the drainage bottlenecks in the Renwu and Niaosong areas that have been a long-standing concern for the outside world; they will continue to patrol, maintain, and grasp weather changes to ensure the stable operation of various flood prevention facilities.
The Water Resources Bureau stated in a press release today that the confluence of the Caogong New Canal, Shilong Creek, and Houjin River was prone to rising water levels during heavy rainfall due to poor confluence flow. The insufficient flow width of the Bakang Bridge abutments was also a key bottleneck affecting channel flow efficiency.
The Water Resources Bureau stated that to strive for flood prevention timeliness, the construction team adopted methods such as zonal construction, machinery scheduling, and process connection to accelerate the demolition of the old Bakang Bridge and the removal of the Caogong New Canal revetment bottleneck, which was completed as scheduled by the 10th. The goal of removing the Bakang Bridge bottleneck was achieved by the 15th.
The Water Resources Bureau stated that in addition to improving engineering bottlenecks, they are also simultaneously conducting dredging of the entire Caogong New Canal, expecting to complete 4.65 kilometers of river clearing by the end of May, removing approximately 35,000 cubic meters of earth. The upstream Mengli and Shijiuhwan detention ponds, with a total detention capacity of about 212,000 tons, will also cooperate to play a regulating effect, expected to lower the overall water level by 1 meter.
The Water Resources Bureau emphasized that this project improves the drainage bottlenecks in the Renwu and Niaosong areas that have been a long-standing concern for the outside world; they will continue to patrol, maintain, and grasp weather changes to ensure the stable operation of various flood prevention facilities.