And because the New Towns legislation superseded local construction codes, no other development was allowed within the 2,000 hectares designated for stage one of the plan. On learning that their land had been locked up, the townspeople were fit to be tied.
而由於新市鎮法令的位階凌駕建築法規，計畫第一期劃定的兩千公頃土地內一律禁建，鄉民驟然發現自己的地被「綁死了」，更是幹譙連連。