Highway Bureau, MOTCHighway Bureau, MOTC

Anyone who occupies the houses and lands managed by our authority will be sentenced to imprisonment for maximum five years, criminal detention, or a fine of maximum NT$500,000 according to Article 320 of Criminal Code-Offenses of Larceny as well as shall take the responsibility of returning the land back in the original state as well as the improper profits, according to Article 179 and Article 767 of Civil Code. In addition, if the land occupied is a slope area and the land has water and soil erosion due to the person who occupies it violates the regulation of use, a penalty, in accordance with the violation of Slope Land Conservation And Utilization Act or Soil and water Conservation Act will be imposed.

Due to different driving environments in different countries, not all long tunnels allow motorcycles to ride through. In addition, the ratios for different vehicle type are also different in the long tunnels in other countries, as well as the design of the tunnel is usually two holes with dual lane. Therefore, the control strategy of vehicle type going through the long tunnel will not be exactly the same. As the result, we have to evaluate the traffic condition in Taiwan when planning and controlling the type of vehicle using Suhua Highway improvement Project in order to maintain the road safety for users.

1. The houses and lands under our management shall be directly used according to the planning and purpose defined. In principle, we will not lease properties under our management. However, we will lease and collect the payment under the situation of not violating original purpose and not affecting use of public affairs.
2. In terms of the calculation of rent, if the houses or lands leased belong to national property, it shall be handled according to “Principles for National Public Real Estate Revenue” announced by Ministry of Finance.If they belong to local government’s properties, it shall be handled according to local government’s regulation.

The main purpose of “Suhua Highway Improvement Project” is to solve the long-term problems of poor road alignment, easy to be snapped by landslides, and higher accident rate on three sections of Suhua Highway, including Su’ao to Dong’ao, Nan’ao to Heping, and Heping to Dachingshui. In consideration of the maintenance of environment and ecology as well as the reduction of impact on the local area after opening it to the public, the purpose of Suhua Highway Improvement Project is not for mass transportation. That is why it is designed with only one lane to maintain existing road capacity.
Due to the rural location, we also consider the demand of rescue in the shortest time if there is any emergency in the tunnel. Thus, emergency rescue paths are established in Dong’ao Tunnel, Guanyin Tunnel, Gufeng Tunnel, and Zhongren Tunnel in order to allow disaster-rescue vehicles, like police cars, fire engines, and ambulances, access to the tunnel as soon as possible.

According to Article 8 of Land Expropriation Act, you can apply to the municipal or county (city) competent authority for Joint expropriation of the remaining land after expropriation cannot be put to reasonable use because its area is too small or its shape is not intact or the remaining constructional improvement cannot be used for comparable purposes within one year from the date on which expropriation is publicly announced. Any such application will be rejected past the aforementioned time period.