Tainan City is reaching out to landowners along the planned Blue Line of its
metro ahead of construction, offering joint development opportunities at
eight designated transit development zones.

The city's Bureau of Transportation will hold public consultation sessions on
April 28th and April 30th (next Tuesday and Thursday) at community centers in
the Yongkang and East districts, giving landowners a chance to learn about
and discuss the joint development plans before formal urban planning
procedures begin.

The first phase of the Tainan Metro Blue Line is scheduled to break ground by
the end of this year, running at just over 8 kilometers.

Its ten stations are all in prime urban development areas, and the city has
identified eight transit development zones centred around certain stations.

The bureau says the arrangement is designed to increase land use efficiency
and share development benefits between the public and private sectors.

(NS)