A fast and efficient traffic network serves as the arterial veins of a city's vibes. A thoughtfully planned traffic network provides city living with canals for interactions and exchange to ensure smooth urban operation. The parks and green spaces are the most important leisure spots in a city. The greeneries in parks not only improve the city's appearance, they also purify the air. These two public constructions are intimately linked with the lives of the residents, and they are also major indices of urban living quality.
Roadways make up the majority of the Yong Kang city traffic network, and the railways take on a supporting role. In regards to the roadway system, National Freeway No.1 penetrates the city from north to south while the railroad crosses the city from the northeast to the southwest as the axle of inter-county transportation. There is one Yong Kong highway interchange and two train stations – Yong Kang and Daciao – along the railway, which are the main stations for commuting to work and school.
The roads in Yong Kang city can be categorized by function into the following levels:
1. Main external connection system: the main roads in the city make up a rough grid structure. The east and west bound ones are Chungcheng North (South) Road, the Chungshan South (North) Road, and Fusing (Dawan) Road. The north and south bound routes consist of Chunghua Road, Yongda Road, and Fuchiang Road (Wanghsing Road), and the road widths are between 12 to 30 meters. These serve mainly the crossover traffic flows.
2. City road system: The street width of these are approximately between 12 and 20 meters, such as Fuguo Road, Chunghsiao Road, Chungshan Road, Chungcheng Road, and Chengshing Road. These serve as internal connector routes between parts of the city.
3. Base entrance/exit road system: This consists of the numerous paths in the city that are narrower than 10m in width. They serve as the entrance or exit for various bases.
Over the past few years, the city hall has invested a substantial amount of resources on the development of roads. In the future, we will continue to actively fight for construction funding from the central and county government so that the Yong Kang traffic can be all the more smooth and convenient.
Knowing the shortage of parks and green space in Yong Kang city, Mayor Lee has placed much emphasis on the planning and building of parks ever since he came into office. Because of the previous city development as an industrial town and a satellite city of the Tainan metropolis, the acquisition and construction of parks and green space did not receive sufficient attention that would be proportional to the population increase. As a result, the park space per person ratio in Yong Kang is only 0.16 square meters, which is quite a discrepancy from the 1.77 meter square of the neighbouring. Tainan city, not to mention the standards of advanced nations. In view of this, city hall is now actively promoting the establishment of parks and green areas. Softball field, basketball field, and a croquet field are now being built at the Tiyi Sports park (6.4 hectares) on the north side of #1 Taiwan Provincial Rd. By schedule, the work would be completed by end of 2003. Waterfront recreational facilities will also be added later. The tri-functional public property (4.62 hectares) at the end of Fuguo 1st Road still retains the original hill appearance of old Yong Kang city and contains a fascinating wetland habitat. With some simple landscaping, the park would provide an excellent location for public recreation, as soon as the issues of land usage is resolved. This will not only break the stereotype of Yong Kang not having a major park, it would also more than triple the park area in the city.
