| Title | Indigenous Villages (Districts) Transportation Improvement Plan |
| Dept | Transportation Engineering, Maritime and Air Transport Division |
| Year | 2014 |
| Month | 12 |
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| Summary | Indigenous villages (districts) are vast, accounting for about 53 percent of Taiwan’s total land area. Most are in rugged mountain areas. The design criteria of roads vary because of environmental constraints, which cause transportation in mountain areas to be much less convenient than it is in other places. Geological instability makes roads susceptible to heavy rain and earthquakes, affecting not only those going to work or school but also the development of industry and tourism. It is necessary to conduct an overall improvement program. In order to ensure traffic safety in indigenous villages (districts), the IOT was assigned the creation of a transport improvement plan for indigenous villages (districts) in mountainous regions by the MOTC in early 2013. The plan involves the collection of population, industry, road traffic, and other related data from 30 indigenous villages (districts) along with a review of the transportation demands of commuters, tourists and local industries. The purpose of this plan is to provide improvement methods for traffic safety, transportation management methods, alternative public transportation, etc.
The IOT has invited the Council of Indigenous Peoples, the National Development Council, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, the Construction and Planning Agency of the Ministry of the Interior, the Department of Railways and Highways, the Road Traffic Safety Committee, the Directorate General of Highways, and the Tourism Bureau to form an Indigenous Village (District) Transportation Improvement Committee. The committee was tasked with setting criteria, and making onsite surveys. Based on information from the Directorate General of Highways, the committee has already completed a list of 190 restricted roads in indigenous villages (districts) that cannot accept large buses. After monthly onsite surveys and cautious consideration of a total of 431 road improvement projects proposed by 30 villages (districts), the committee selected 111 road improvement projects from 23 villages (districts). Not including proposals covered under the Council of Indigenous Peoples’ 2014 Characteristic Indigenous Village Road Improvement Project, the budget for this plan is approximately NT$336 million. |
| Post date | 2015/01/28 |
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