It so happened that the project coincided with the Ministry of Communication's hunt for a new deepwater port facility, and a joint outline was drawn up which envisioned a reclaimed land area of 6,700 hectares, and investment of some 400 billion NT dollars. The blueprint for eventual use of the dry land area is still undergoing approval at the Council for Economic Planning and Development.
雙方進一步研擬填海方案，總填築面積達六千一百公頃，預計投入新台幣三千多億元經費，將為南台灣創造無數財富的填海計畫，遂正式定案動工，地面規劃則仍由經建會審議中。