Publish Date : 2022/3/30

Press Unit : Railway Bureau, MOTC

Press Contact: Xiao Shu-Jun, Section Chief

TEL : 0970-027-382

Integrity Platform for Taoyuan Urban District Railway Underground Project Launching Ceremony by The Railway Bureau of Ministry of Transportation and Communications

The Railway Bureau of MOTC held the launching ceremony and exchange forum of Integrity Platform for Taoyuan Urban District Railway Underground Project at 9:30 a.m. on March 30, 2022 (Wednesday) in International Conference Hall of the Railway Bureau. Huang He-ting, Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Chen Wei-Lian, Head Prosecutor of  Taoyuan District Prosecutor's Office, Cheng Ming-Chian, Director General of Agency Against Corruption, Ministry of Justice, Luo Tian-Jiann, Director of Department of Planning of Public Construction Commission, Executive Yuan, Liao Rong-Xu, Director of the Taoyuan City Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau, Chu Lai-shun, Deputy Director of Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC, Ding Guo-yao, Director of Department of Civil Service Ethics, MOTC, and about 120 people from relevant agencies of the Taoyuan City Government, and the designer, construction supervision, constructor of this project attended this ceremony to provide guidance and suggestions.

In the Taoyuan Urban District Railway Underground Project, the total length is about 17.945km, and there are 8 stations, including the reconstruction of the 3 existed stations, Taoyuan, Neili and Zhongli, and 5 new commuter stations, Fengming, Zhong Road, Taoyuan Hospital, Zhongyuan and Pingzhen. The total cost is NT$ 104.793 billion, and it is planned to be completed in December 2030. In order to reduce the procurement process and construction resistance, lower the risk, ensure that construction are completed cleanly, on time and on quality, and also condense consensus from each field with enlarged social participation, the Railway Bureau of MOTC especially takes " Inter-Agency Integrity and Happiness Railway" as the theme to connect relevant institutions, such as constructors, prosecutors, integrity, investigation and construction commission, to hold this launching ceremony.

Wu Sheng-Yuan, Director General of Railway Bureau, MOTC, strated the integrity platform launching ceremony of "Cross-regional Integrity and Happiness Railway". Then, the Railway Bureau gave an introduction for descriptions and challenges of this project. The Public Construction Commission gave the presentation of how to prevent the malpractices of public construction and establish a clean image of procurement. Finally, prosecutors, integrity, public construction commission, and railway bureaus had discussions and exchanged opinions with constructors and other government agencies. This ceremony ended at 12:40 p.m..