We don’t want this neon-lit police station!

New Taipei City Government’s Tourism and Travel Department (新北市觀光旅遊局) is planning to build a lantern-style ‘Tourist Police Station,’ lit up with LED lighting in Jingtong old street, Pingxi District; there will be no permanent officers stationed in the building.

The police station will combine a tourist information service with toilet facilities, and respond to the developments in local tourism. Residents have repeatedly reflected that the lantern-style station is out of keeping with the local area, and that the entire project lacks an impact assessment in regards to local transportation, environment, and its visual presence.

However, planners have been unwilling to modify the shape of the building. Two days following news and press releases confirming validation of design plans, on April 4th, the Tourism and Travel Department convened its first formal community briefing, inviting the district office and three local village chiefs, but not local residents. The Tourism and Travel Department has already begun proceeding with the tendering process, and seems intent on ramming through its agenda.

We don’t want this neon-lit police station!
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/111828

(以下是中文對照)

我們不要這樣的「天燈派出所」

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新北市觀光旅遊局計畫在平溪區菁桐老街入口興建一個結合天燈造型與LED光影秀的「觀光派出所」（派出所只有臨時派員無固定駐員）。派出所並將結合旅客服務與廁所的功能，以回應當地旅遊發展現況。居民數次反映，天燈造型與當地景觀風貌極不協調，整個計畫缺乏對地方交通、環境、視覺等影響評估。但從一開始定調的天燈造型卻一直不願修改。2012年4月2日電視及平面媒體報導設計審定；5月4日觀旅局第一次在社區辦理正式的社區說明會，只邀了區公所及三個里里長，完全不通知里民，並且一面繼續進行公共工程招標作業流程程序，觀旅局準備強渡關山。