The subsequent result was just as Wan Sen-yuan had feared: DORTS finally chose to reinforce only some of the beams. They divided them into three categories according to the severity of the cracks, and reinforced only the 84 most severely cracked beams with steel plates before beginning service.
其後的結果果然是王森源所擔心的，捷運局終究決定採「部份補強」﹘﹘依裂縫嚴重程度分為三個等級，營運通車前先將較嚴重的一百九十一根做了外包鋼板補強。