Over the last two years, the Water Resources Bureau has allocated NT $ 400 million for emergency flood control work on the Hsichih section of the Keelung River. Unfortunately, due to problems in acquiring riverbank land following urban development, and difficulties in finding landfill sites for waste earth, the projects have barely progressed.
水資源局近兩年已編列四億元經費緊急疏濬基隆河汐止段，但是由於都市計畫造成河岸土地徵收困難和廢土棄置場所難尋，工程毫無進展。