Taoyuan's city government is moving to buy out private land inside Danan Forest Park in Bade District, good news for the city budget and park planners but a long wait for landowners.

• The park sits on an old police barracks site with rare old-growth trees, wetlands, and protected wildlife, but 6.5 hectares inside it are privately owned.
• The city pays heavy annual rent on that private land — enough that auditors have repeatedly told it to fix the problem.
• The buyout plan won central government approval back in 2023, but had to be redrawn to fit a new metro line extension into Bade and a flood-control pond.
• The revised zoning plan cleared review in June, and public objections could still push the timeline back further.
• Once the land is secured, part of the site is set to become housing, alongside a planned folk arts village.

Outlook: The formal expropriation notice is expected in the second half of next year if the public comment period passes without major objections.