With this in mind, the housing & urban planning department plans to devote the lion's share of the NT $ 550 billion earmarked for Taichung's infrastructure to transportation schemes including the completed two-year plan for a mass rapid transit system, two fast east-west roads, and the highway network linking Taichung with the towns of Changhua, Nantou and Fengyuan.
有鑑於此，住都局已規劃、預計為台中建設投下的五千五百億經費中，即以交通建設為主，包括已完成的大眾捷運系統二年規劃作業、兩條東西向快速道路，以及溝通彰化、南投、豐原等鄉鎮的中部都會生活圈道路系統。