Directorate General of Highways NEWS

Zhonggang River Bridge, Provincial Highway No. 13 Opens to Traffic at the End of May of 2009 Directorate General of Highways (DGH) conducts a repair project of “Fifty old and damaged bridges in Provincial Highway”. Lanshi Bridge and Shalidong Bridge are finished the renovation. The following is Zhonggang River Bridge, which is located at Toufen Township, Miaoli County. It will be available on May 30th, 2009. 2009/5/19

Repair process of Hou feng Bridge, Wuhuliao Bridge, Jiasian Bridge, and Niumian Bridge 2009/1/17

The Access Road of the Taipei Harbor, Bali - Linkou Section of West Coast Expressway Opens to Traffic at Dec. 31, 2008 2008/12/18

The measures of decentralization of traffic and passengers for Taiwan Railways Administration examination 2008/11/7

Directorate General of Highways advances Advanced Traveler Information Systems of Intelligent Transport Systems 2008/11/7

62 organizations win the Golden Way Award. Baihe section, Southern Region Office, Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau receives 2 awards: landscape and maintenance. 2008/8/30

The result of 9th Golden Way Award was announced today. 2 winners make recoreds Highway: Yunlin Ma-Zo Bridge, the first bridge which is named with deity’s name in Taiwan Railway: Yuli-Dongli section, was installed “ ” to strengthen the strength of interface structure 2008/8/30

Notice for victims of a natural disaster(KALMAEGI typhoon) －motor vehicle businesses 2008/8/7

Northern Region Training Institute, Directorate General of Highways hosts LPG modification and inspector training courses from July 21, 2008 2008/8/7

The clarification of the coverage on “Review Delay for Lengthy Container “ 2008/6/19

The Cingshuei Bridge will benefit industry and tourism development. 2008/5/23

The Puzih Bridge which is in Chiayi County will be finished on May 29, 2008. It is the first artistic landmark in Chiayi County. 2008/5/23

The Countermeasures against Stop Services in Remote Routes 2008/4/23

DGH continued to conduct road inspections 2008/4/15

Directorate General of Highways (DGH) conduct “3 Grade Evaluation System on Tourism Bus Carrier” 2008/4/15

The Construction Project of Budai Port South Channel Bridge and Wuci Ramp 2008/3/10

The clarification of the coverage on “A large proportion of the national compensation cases (due to bumpy manhole cover and hold) are DGH” 2008/2/25

Directorate General of Highways（DGH）conducts a “Smooth Road Project” A “Smooth Road Project” which is conducted by Directorate General of Highways（DGH）is finished in December, 2007. 2008/2/13

Traffic Safety benefits greatly by inspections which conducted by Directorate General of Highways (DGH) in 2007. DGH continues this work in 2008. 2008/1/31

The Yilan B Access Road Opens to Traffic at the End of January of 2008 2008/1/29

Roadbed Broadened Project of Tiao-Lang Section, Provincial Highway No. 11 Opens to Traffic at the End of January of 2008 2008/1/23

The Access Road of the Taoyuan Station, Taiwan High Speed Rail Opens to Traffic at the End of January of 2008 2008/1/22

The public can apply to renew driving licenses at 7-ELEVEn convenience stores from Jan. 3, 2008. 2008/1/8

Directorate General of Highways and carriers reach an agreement to continue the service. 2007/12/20

Some passenger carriers will close several remote routes 2007/12/6

Peikang (Ma-Zo) Bridge of ‘Construction Plan of The Yunlin-Chiayi Life Circle Road System’ will be finished in the end of 2007 2007/11/30

Clarification: coverage about punishment for traffic violations 2007/11/21

Clarification: “Jeep and Refit Recreational Vehicle Association” appeals to Motor Vehicle Offices for refit inspection 2007/11/19

The clarification of the coverage on “a notification of car owner who does not insure compulsory insurance might leak personal information” 2007/11/13

Illustration: Motor Vehicle Office presses for the fees of motor vehicle licenses 2007/11/12

Illustration: brand of the bus which has an accident on October 31, 2007. 2007/11/9

A bus overturns at Central Cross-Island highway on Oct. 31, 2007 2007/11/8

Expressway will open to huge heavy motorcycle (displacement greater than 550 C.C.) from Nov. 1, 2007 2007/11/7

The number sign of provincial expressway is changed to red background. 2007/10/31

The public protest landslide of Yu-Chang Tunnel at Provincial Highway No. 30, 26K+000 2007/10/30

Motor Vehicle Offices conduct plates replacement of huge heavy motorcycle (displacement greater than 550 C.C.) from Oct. 16, 2007. 2007/10/23

Expressway will open to huge heavy motorcycle (displacement greater than 550 C.C.) after Nov. 1, 2007 2007/10/19

Directorate General of Highways (DGH) does its best to repair North Cross-Island Highway for an expectant mother with premature birth. 2007/10/16

A coverage about “ 4 bridges were damaged in KROSA Typhoon 2007/10/11

Kaohsiung and Pingtung Bus Company will not continue their service on remote routes 2007/10/1

The measures of decentralization of traffic and passengers during the Mid-Autumn Festival. 2007/9/27

Illustration: coverage about “A temporary plate is sold on net for NT$700” 2007/9/21

Recognition of Taiwan and Japan driver’s licenses each other will implement from Sep. 21, 2007 2007/9/19

A press release for preaching traffic safety from Directorate General of Highways 2007/9/6

The roadbed of Provincial Highway No.9 147k+100 is washed away by rain. The temporary pavement opens to traffic from 1200 p.m. (0400 GMT) Aug. 28, 2007. 2007/9/5

Executive Yuan have approved this project. After finishing this project, it can make a great improvement on accessibility between mountain area and sea area and have benefit to local development. 2007/9/5

Directorate General of Highways（DGH）rush to repair the calamities that caused by Sepat typhoon as possible as it can. 2007/8/28

Clarification: China Times Weekly reports”10 dangerous bridges in Taiwan” 2007/8/23

Notice for victims of a natural disaster(PABUK and WUTIP typhoons) －motor vehicle businesses 2007/8/22

The opening exercise of the section from Sizhuang interchange to Guantian interchange was cancelled because of SEPAT typhoon. 2007/8/21

Illustration: Construction Delay of Gaoping Bridge of Provincial Highway No.1 2007/8/17

A news release about “Improving Engineering Quality and Civil Service Ethics Forum 2007” 2007/8/17

The project of Taipei Harbor 2nd Stage Access Road (the section between Harbor and Western Coast Expressway) is finished on May 7, 2007. It will open to traffic at 1400 p.m. on Aug. 7, 2007 2007/8/7

The public can pay renewal fee of vehicle license and driving license in supermarkets from Aug. 3, 2007 2007/8/2

The section from Sizhuang interchange to Guantian interchange will open to traffic in the middle of August 2007/7/31

A traffic accident happened at Baguashan Tunnel of provincial highway on Jul. 13, 2007. 2007/7/25

Directorate General of Highways（DGH）hosts a training for commercial drivers of tour buses and passenger carriers in 2007 2007/7/13

The expansion joint of Mingzhu bridge was damaged. Nantou Branch, Second Maintenance Office will recover it before July 15, 2007. 2007/7/12

5 Motor Vehicle Offices inspect and renew vehicle license in the evening from Jul. 2, 2007 2007/7/10

Illustration: Chen, Jian-Zhu complained he was absent at the recovered meeting on Apr. 30, 2007. 2007/7/10

5 Motor Vehicle Offices inspect and renew vehicle license in the evening from Jul. 2, 2007 2007/7/5

Illustration: A traffic accident happened at Yangde Avenue, Yangmingshan on Jun. 24, 2007. 2007/6/27

5 Motor Vehicle Offices will inspect and renew vehicle license in the evening from Jul. 1, 2007 2007/6/26

Directorate General of Highways（DGH）promoted the message about the accident which happened at Tianti, Jhushan Townshipon, Nantou County on May 20, 2007. 2007/6/25

The clarification on the coverage “The first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) does not have any discount ticket” 2007/6/25

Directorate General of Highways（DGH）will hold an opening ceremony of Yu- Zhang Highway on Jun. 16, 2007. Yu- Zhang Highway will open to traffic at 2 p.m. on the same day. 2007/6/23

The clarification on the coverage “Competitiveness is decreased due to public constructions delay“. Clarifications from Directorate General of Highways（DGH）are as follows: 2007/6/22

The measures of decentralization of traffic and passengers islandwide during the Dragon Boat Festival. 2007/6/21

The clarification on the coverage “Tainan Motor Vehicle Station employees are suspected of being involved for taking bribes” 2007/6/15

Directorate General of Highways hosted fire and disaster drills at Provincial Highway No.30, Yu- Zhang tunnel 2007/6/15

TP-01 and TP-02 of Taipei harbor 2nd Stage Access Road Project were finished on May, 7, 2007. Directorate General of Highways（DGH） is conducting inspections. It is expected to open to traffic in mid- July, 2007. 2007/6/15

The improvement project of Provincial Highway No.2, 22K-30K 2007/6/15

After fire and disaster drills, the Yu- Zhang Highway will open to vehicular traffic 2007/6/11

After fire and disaster drills, the Yu- Zhang Highway will open to traffic 2007/6/11

The clarification on the coverage “The new plate project involves in unlawfully.” 2007/6/11

After inspection and improvement, the Yu- Zhang Highway will open to traffic 2007/6/6

The assessment in the operation permit of the No.5 national freeway 2007/6/5

Illustration: Motor Vehicle Offices collected for the fuel tax arrear 2007/6/4

This report is about the traffic accident that happened at 13th kilometer Tou No.54 on May 20, 2007. Van (CU-3052) was overturned, and this accident caused 4 fatalities and 5 severely injured. 2007/5/29

The Yun-Jia-Nan Alliance” e-mail 2007/5/11

The tour bus driver's resignation system and the vehicle safety inspection on freeway, provincial highway, and scenic spot 2007/5/4

The information regards the 「Evaluation project of the tour buses in traffic safety and service quality」 2007/5/4

The online bid for the passenger car plate is available. 2007/5/4

The clarification of the April 23, 2007 coverage on “Duplicate Plate Number－a mistake by Motor Vehicles Office” 2007/5/4

The bid hits a new peak in the 2nd time online bid for the passenger car plate. 2007/4/19

In order to improve the traffic safety, the Directorate General of Highways implemented the 「Inspection Project of the Tour Buses and National Highway Buses」in 2007. 2007/4/17

Enforcing to put down the touring bus during holidays, and detaining the buses on the spots for severe violation of the rules and regulations. 2007/4/3

The accomplishments of landslide sections improvement between Tongfu and Tatajia of the New Central Highway (Taiwan No.21). 2007/3/26

The measures of decentralization of traffic and passengers islandwide during the Chinese New Year Holidays. 2007/1/24

The overpass of highway Tai No.1 will be opened to vehicular traffic completely before Chinese lunar New Year. The traffic construction in Taipei County will enter into a new milestone. 2007/1/12

The central part of Tai No.61 Western Coast Expressway, from Tongsiao to Yuanli section, will be opened to vehicular traffic in Feb. 2007 before Chinese lunar New Year. 2007/1/12

Enforcing to put down the transportation buses for illegal altering facilities without authorization 2007/1/8

Establishing the web page about safety traveling by renting touring buses 2007/1/8

Trunks with gross weight under 21 tons will be permitted to drive through Tunnel Pakuashan of highway Taiwan No.76 staring from Jan. 1, 2007. 2007/1/2

Canceling the regional markers from license plates 2007/1/2

Timetable of progress in route planning and scheduling of buses (including city buses) connected to THSR (Taiwan High Speed Rail) 2006/12/28

The improvement measures for highway No. 9 Suao-Hualien Highway 2006/12/22

Improvement condition of the easy landslide section on the Southern Cross-Island Highway 2006/12/20

The Ali Mountain fifth curve section roads do not have immediate danger 2006/12/20

Between Taipei City-Kaohsung City National Freeway Route of Jiann Ming Bus Company Will be stopped doing business 3 months and fined 90,000, also be revoked 878-FA bus to punish 2006/11/30

The Pakuashan Tunnel Line 76 is scheduled on January 1, 2007 and opened total weight of 21 metric tons ( including ) truck passes through. 2006/11/29

Run through east Coast Range Yuchareng tunnel Project, is recommended participating in assessment of ' the gold medal award of public project ' which symbolizes the supreme honor of project circle by the Ministry of Communications. 2006/11/29

Legislator Huang. Cheng-Tzen and some 17 officers and businessmen indicted in Shaluen Station of Taiwan High-speed Rail scandal 2006/11/23

All circles expect as time passes Line 21 18 to value rebuilding the project in the bridge favourite jade bridge of small stream, cooperate and lay hard with all strength by every unit, on originally ( 95) Complete in annual the first ten days of October, the ceremony that and handled and open to the traffic on October 26, 2006. 2006/10/26

Traffic Accident Case of Travel Party of Dalian of Mainland China 2006/10/5

Reports of newspaper ' equipped with HID headlight vehicles will be punished if their vehicles license are not annotating on the end of the year ' and ' from New Year's Day next year, refit HID difficult to set out on a journey 2006/10/3

Reapply to test for those who have punished and got the driving license whole the life 2006/9/26

The passenger dredged the work of transporting and handled the situation in vacation and Double Tenth National Day in succession on the Mid-autumn Festival of 2006 2006/9/15

60th Anniversary Celebration of the Directorate General of Highways, has testified new and beautiful of the way in Taiwan six decades 2006/8/11

The Equipment Specification Change of the Automobile Stipulates 2006/8/11

The First Maintenance office to handle 'the Second Freeway Baoshan interchange at get in touch with road newly opened up road engineering to Hsinchu science park 0k +000-1K +510 ' Scheduled on the end of August of 2006 to complete. 2006/7/7

Chiayi Taibao station of entire fronts highway section under the high speed railway bridge, scheduled to open to the traffic at the end of August 2006. 2006/7/7

In accordance with' road traffic administration punish regulations ' issue and implement, this office has announced can't get driving license punish and apply and test way education and training again to test all the life, reveal 1 item 1 every fund, regulations of article 67 when it issued duration they must to apply for education and training. 2006/7/7

The Taiwan Provincial Highway No.9(Section of Eracheng~Saosauo)Widened Project Will be Completed and Opened to the Traffic in an All-round Way at the End of May of 2006 . 2006/5/16

Formosan Sweet Gum’s Insect Pests Prevent and Cure on Taiwan Provincial Highway No.1 on 66K~67K 2006/5/16

Promote the Facilities for the Convenience of the People of the Simple Policy of the Seventh Stage Continuously 2006/4/13

The Professional Driver of Truck Lectures and Study to Greatly Open 2006/4/13

Assessment for National Freeway Passenger Transportation and Services 2006/4/13

The East Coastal Range Cross-island the Long Tunnel of Highway Jade to Link Up 2006/4/13

Project for the Car Plate Anti-counterfeit and Light-reflection 2006/3/24

Project for the Car Plate Anti-counterfeit and Light- reflection 2006/3/3

The Directorate General of Highways under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications implement' improve the plan in the coastal highway of a Line 11 east ', in order to safeguard the view of eastern coast and promote and visit rest quality, reducing impact the excavating amount of the earthwork, reducing the environment and ecology, handle and revise the plan for the second time, follow the Cabinet's policies to check and ratify in October of 2005, it is estimated that widened and improved finishing completely in the 2011. 2006/3/3

Dredged and transported on the Spring Festival 2006 2006/1/19

The Spring Festival is coming in 2006, carry out the traffic on the Spring Festival and the plan of transporting in order to cooperate with the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, this office has already transported in accordance with characteristic of transporting, subject of transporting, transport works and its plan because of in conformity with the relevant countermeasures 2006/1/13

The national road substitutes the information system of the road traffic 2006/1/6

Border on salt Cheng of fast highway in the west and exchange a Line 176 in Dao County and contact road engineering to complete 2006/1/6

The first district of highway general bureau of Ministry of Communications maintains the engineering department and handles ' road engineering 38K +2801K +537 under the bridge of highway section of peach garden of tall iron ' (whether namely national road large bamboo overpass is it get Taiwan Line 66 east-west contact dish of through street to stand through high ashen Pu one) It is open to the traffic to schedule on mid-January of 1995 open. 2006/1/6

Take the place of and examine the traffic of withholding of factory and fine Io in violation of rules and regulations among the people 2006/1/4

Changhwa Coastal-Taichung east-west expressway Kingma access newly-built project has been accomplished on November , 15 ,2005.that adopted the second phase survey on November , 16 , scheduled on November , 21 open to traffic this year. 2005/11/24

Section Linkuo – Tayuan on Western Coastal Expressway marked Provincial Highway No. 61 is scheduled open to traffic on the top of December , 2005. 2005/11/24

The tunnel construction project on route 130A will be finished in December , 2005 under the agencies spared no their efforts and overcame all things they have faced. 2005/11/24

1. BridgeChunkuan and Bridge Rueyhsiung reconstruction work on route 149 in Chushin Township, of which under the Directorate General of Highways has spared no efforts and had been in deal with local agency, that will be completely finished in the end of December ,2005. 2005/11/24

The Suehwa Highway of the Provincial Highway No.9 southern end of 170K+940 at Herching tunnel , because of doing its upper slope spray coating to conduct traffic control for thirty days from November 14 th ,2005 to December 13 th , 2005 is our prediction , pardon for your inconvenience. 2005/11/11

Adjustment for freeway fares 2005/10/11