As a result, after this year's flood many city councilmen blamed the departments for acting too slowly, thereby holding up construction of the Neihu dyke. Whether the straightening plan should be abandoned or whether nature can be overcome and more land wrested from the river is still under debate.
因此也造成這次水災後，多位台北市議員責怪水利司遲遲不決定是否要截彎取直，使得內湖堤防無法動工。究竟是順應水性、放棄「截彎取直」計畫，還是相信人定勝天、為寸土寸金的台北市多爭出一塊地，目前仍在爭議中。