Premier Cho Jung-tai Inspects Taipei Port Soil Reception, Orders Comprehensive Efficiency Improvement
Premier Cho Jung-tai inspected Taipei Port on June 4, directing a comprehensive upgrade of construction surplus soil disposal efficiency. The Ministry of the Interior stated that the north sedimentation area of Taipei Port was activated on April 11, providing a temporary capacity of about 560,000 cubic meters. Future land reclamation projects can accommodate a total of about 50.41 million cubic meters of soil. The reception scope has been expanded to include Hsinchu County, Hsinchu City, and Yilan County, with simplified transport procedures to accelerate major public and private projects.
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(Central News Agency, Taipei, June 4) Premier Cho Jung-tai visited Taipei Port today to inspect the promotion of construction surplus soil disposal and instructed that port areas in the north, central, and south should implement requirements such as "order management of soil entry, improved operational efficiency, safeguarding surrounding environmental safety, and stably expanding processing capacity" to comprehensively enhance the efficiency of domestic soil disposal management.
The Ministry of the Interior stated in a press release that Premier Cho, accompanied by Deputy Minister Tung Chien-hung and Director-General of the National Land Management Agency Tsai Chang-chan, inspected the promotion of construction surplus soil disposal at Taipei Port today.
Deputy Minister Tung stated that to properly resolve the issue of legal disposal of domestic soil, the Ministry of the Interior, in coordination with the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and other cross-ministerial units, has planned the north sedimentation area of Taipei Port as a soil reception and temporary storage site. It was officially activated on April 11, providing a temporary storage capacity of approximately 560,000 cubic meters, ensuring the smooth progress of major public construction in the northern region.
Tung said that Taipei Port will continue to promote land reclamation projects in the future. Together with the ongoing land reclamation project in the South Wharf area, the total capacity for soil reception will be approximately 50.41 million cubic meters, perfecting the overall soil management and disposal mechanism.
Tung pointed out that Taipei Port originally only accepted soil from the four counties/cities of Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, and Taoyuan. After coordination by the Executive Yuan, it now also accepts soil from Hsinchu County, Hsinchu City, and Yilan County. Furthermore, soil from projects with public welfare nature, those conforming to national development policies, or private projects generating over 20,000 cubic meters of soil can now also be transported to Taipei Port for reclamation. Currently, 133 applications from private projects have been approved to enter Taipei Port. This new mechanism will accelerate the speed of soil disposal in the northern region, enabling the smooth progress of major government construction and private industrial projects.
The Ministry of the Interior stated that a consensus has been formed among county and city governments and relevant industry groups to implement supporting measures such as "expanding disposal capacity," "simplifying soil transport procedures," and "implementing dual GPS tracking and allowing small trucks to install GPS." Additionally, the amendment to Article 6 of the "Non-urban Land Use Control Regulations" was promulgated and implemented on May 27. This allows for the establishment of temporary facilities on certain non-urban lands when required by major policies approved by the Executive Yuan, based on the principle of "conditional opening, strict management."
The Ministry of the Interior said that the government will adhere to the principles of national sustainable development and resource recycling, implement source reduction of construction soil, and cooperate with the recycling mechanism. It will promote the direct transport of construction soil from construction sites (Point A) to demand sites (Point C) based on its reusable properties, establishing a resource circulation and recycling system, and gradually building a complete circular resource and economic system. (Editor: Lin Hsing-meng) 1150604
The Ministry of the Interior stated in a press release that Premier Cho, accompanied by Deputy Minister Tung Chien-hung and Director-General of the National Land Management Agency Tsai Chang-chan, inspected the promotion of construction surplus soil disposal at Taipei Port today.
Deputy Minister Tung stated that to properly resolve the issue of legal disposal of domestic soil, the Ministry of the Interior, in coordination with the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and other cross-ministerial units, has planned the north sedimentation area of Taipei Port as a soil reception and temporary storage site. It was officially activated on April 11, providing a temporary storage capacity of approximately 560,000 cubic meters, ensuring the smooth progress of major public construction in the northern region.
Tung said that Taipei Port will continue to promote land reclamation projects in the future. Together with the ongoing land reclamation project in the South Wharf area, the total capacity for soil reception will be approximately 50.41 million cubic meters, perfecting the overall soil management and disposal mechanism.
Tung pointed out that Taipei Port originally only accepted soil from the four counties/cities of Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, and Taoyuan. After coordination by the Executive Yuan, it now also accepts soil from Hsinchu County, Hsinchu City, and Yilan County. Furthermore, soil from projects with public welfare nature, those conforming to national development policies, or private projects generating over 20,000 cubic meters of soil can now also be transported to Taipei Port for reclamation. Currently, 133 applications from private projects have been approved to enter Taipei Port. This new mechanism will accelerate the speed of soil disposal in the northern region, enabling the smooth progress of major government construction and private industrial projects.
The Ministry of the Interior stated that a consensus has been formed among county and city governments and relevant industry groups to implement supporting measures such as "expanding disposal capacity," "simplifying soil transport procedures," and "implementing dual GPS tracking and allowing small trucks to install GPS." Additionally, the amendment to Article 6 of the "Non-urban Land Use Control Regulations" was promulgated and implemented on May 27. This allows for the establishment of temporary facilities on certain non-urban lands when required by major policies approved by the Executive Yuan, based on the principle of "conditional opening, strict management."
The Ministry of the Interior said that the government will adhere to the principles of national sustainable development and resource recycling, implement source reduction of construction soil, and cooperate with the recycling mechanism. It will promote the direct transport of construction soil from construction sites (Point A) to demand sites (Point C) based on its reusable properties, establishing a resource circulation and recycling system, and gradually building a complete circular resource and economic system. (Editor: Lin Hsing-meng) 1150604