In the month following the disappointment of the railroad station, the problem of acquiring land for the local route threatened to hold up the progress of the second northern express and the government decided to suspend the project and put all its energies into finishing the main route to save time.
就在高鐵「得而復失」的翌月，因為內環線土地徵收問題影響了北二高工程進度，政府傾向全力投入主線工程，暫停內環道計畫，以爭取時效。