Zhuangjing 6th Street next to the "Fengcai 520" construction project in Zhubei City, Hsinchu County collapsed. 400 households in the adjacent community were worried. The management committee discussed and drafted a petition with the residents, put forward 4 demands, and launched an online joint signature today (6th) , Ask the Hsinchu County Government to actively find out the truth!

(Photo by reporter Liao Xueru)

[Reporter Liao Xueru/Hsinchu Report] A collapse occurred on Zhuangjing 6th Street next to the "Fengcai 520" construction project in Zhubei City, Hsinchu County on April 27. 400 households in the adjacent community were worried. Appeal, today (6th) launched an online joint signature, emphasizing the government's responsibility to protect the people from fear, and asking the Hsinchu County Government to actively find out the truth!

The chairman of the community management committee surnamed Cai said that after drafting the petition letter last night, he launched an online joint signature today, and 1,000 people have participated. 2000 people signed.

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County councilor Qiu Jingya emphasized that residents in the community protested against the government's disregard for the rights of the people and the government's appeasement and protection of builders; therefore, they launched a joint petition to let the government know that the public is united.

The letter of petition was jointly signed to push the Zhuxian government to actively investigate the current geological conditions around the construction site of the "Fengcai 520" project, and to formulate emergency handling measures for related construction disputes to protect people's lives and property.

The four demands are as follows:

1. Re-conduct multi-point geological drilling around the "Fengcai 520" construction project (including Shengli 1st Road, Shengli 2nd Road, Ziqiang North Road, and Zhuangjing 6th Street) to confirm the safety of the existing geological structure by comparing the geological changes in the past and present.

2. Structural safety appraisal of buildings within 3 times the horizontal distance of the excavation depth around the "Fengcai 520" construction project, and comparison of past appraisal reports on the current status of neighboring buildings with construction observation reports over the years.

3. Complete safety improvement as soon as possible for problematic areas, and verify by a third-party impartial unit.

For the problematic areas detected in points 1 and 2 above, the Zhu County Government must order the operators to make improvements as soon as possible. After all the areas are confirmed to be safe, they can only agree to the operators’ resumption of work based on the following point 4.

The problem area needs to complete the safety improvement plan and repair within the deadline, and the relevant reports and plans need to be reviewed by the technicians of the third-party impartial unit, and finally the competent authority together with the technicians of the third-party impartial unit will confirm the acceptance.

4. Review the application for resumption of work with the highest safety standards, and follow-up monitoring for at least 10 years.

Zhuangjing 6th Street next to the "Fengcai 520" construction project in Zhubei City, Hsinchu County collapsed. 400 households in the adjacent community were worried. The management committee discussed and drafted a petition with the residents, put forward 4 demands, and launched an online joint signature today (6th) , Ask the Hsinchu County Government to actively find out the truth!

(Photo by reporter Liao Xueru)

Residents of Zhuangjing 6th Street Community in Zhubei City are concerned about public safety, and strongly recommend that the buildings within a horizontal distance of three times the excavation depth around the "Fengcai 520" construction project undergo structural safety appraisal, and compare the past appraisal reports of the current situation of neighboring buildings with the construction observations over the years Report.

(Photo by reporter Liao Xueru)

Zhuangjing 6th Street next to the "Fengcai 520" construction project in Zhubei City, Hsinchu County collapsed on April 27. The adjacent community launched an online petition today (6th), emphasizing that the government has the responsibility to protect the people from fear!

(Photo by reporter Liao Xueru)

The community next to Zhuangjing 6th Street drafted a letter of petition to promote the Zhuxian government to actively investigate the current geological conditions around the construction site of the "Fengcai 520" project, and formulate emergency measures for handling construction disputes to protect the safety of people's lives and property.

(Photo by reporter Liao Xueru)