In mid-September Pinglin Township passed a referendum with a 98 % margin favoring the opening of a Pinglin exit on the Taipei-Ilan Freeway in order to give a boost to the local economy.
九月中旬，坪林鄉公投結果出爐，高達百分之九十八的投票者贊成開放坪林交流道，以促進地方繁榮。