The authorities are continuously clearing the canals but often the 100 workers employed cannot keep up. Taipei has more than 900 canals with a total length of over 400 km.
目前環清處的溝渠隊已緊鑼密鼓地展開工作，但是由於工作人員只有一百多人，機器也只有五輛沖溝車、九輛伋泥車、九輛大卡車、一部怪手，工作範圍卻涵蓋全市九百多條水溝，總長度達四百多公里，工作量實在太重。