According to DORTS 'estimates, with contractors' claims for construction delay on contracts already issued for electric trains, control systems, track, and civil engineering, the indemnity due will be as high as NT $ 1 billion for each year the opening is put off.
根據捷運局統計，工程延宕衍生的廠商求償，包括早已發包的電聯車標、機電系統標、軌道標、土建標，估算通車每延一年，賠償金額即高達 10 億元。