Fences and pedestrian spaces are set up in the MRT work area according to the traffic maintenance plan.

(Provided by New Taipei Transportation Bureau)

[Reporter He Yuhua/New Taipei Report] It was often heard that traffic accidents were caused by construction fences. The New Taipei City Road Traffic Safety Supervision Committee reported and checked the implementation of the traffic maintenance plan for major projects, and found that the fence facilities in the construction area were often insufficient. Of the six projects, eight were missing, and 20 were missing, mainly including insufficient fence closures and no construction fences.

After reviewing the 84 projects that started construction in February and needed to be submitted to the traffic maintenance plan, eight of them did not have facilities laid out according to the plan, and a total of 20 were missing, including construction fences, maintenance facilities, and notice boards that did not meet the regulations. And stack non-construction machinery and materials inside and outside the work area, and place traffic cones on roads without work areas.

For the non-compliance of the construction fence, including the unclosed gate of the work area, insufficient closure of the work area fence, and no construction fence; the non-compliance of the facilities includes the damage of some warning lights, the warning lights are not on, the signs are peeled off, and the marking lines are not repainted etc.; if the notice board does not comply with the regulations, it has not been set and the completion date has not been updated.