If they have a NT $ 1 million budget, the local authorities would rather dispense with a proper road bed, earth retaining walls and drainage ditches, and instead build the road longer--they prefer to let soil conservation measures go by the board rather than sacrifice length.
如果有一百萬預算，地方寧可省去路基、擋土牆、排水溝，把路開長一點；不願犧牲長度、做好水土保持。