In a separate case involving the problem-plagued Neihu-Muzha MRT line, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Special Investigation Panel (SIP) has opened an investigation, and said it would not transfer the case to Taipei District prosecutors.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications released a statement yesterday outlining the steps it will take to ensure the quality of construction work under its supervision.
“If any of the proposed projects or current construction is considering using either Fix-3 or Fix-4 anchoring adhesives, the officials in charge must ask contractors to stop using them immediately,” Department of Railways and Highways Director-General Chi Wen-jong (祈文中) said.
“The ministry will ask its bureaus to thoroughly review completed construction projects to determine if either adhesive was used. The bureaus must carefully monitor the safety of the structure,” he said.
“The ministry will try to determine why the US withdrew the adhesives, and what steps it took with regard to construction projects that used the adhesives. We will also ask experts to research ways of fortifying such projects,” Chi said.
The ministry has learned that some construction work handled by the Bureau of High Speed Rail and the Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau used AnchorFix-4 adhesive, Chi said.
Contractors on two sites for the Airport Rail had used AnchorFix-4, while freeway bureau contractors used it to fortify freeways in three places.
One of the freeway projects is already completed, while the other two are still under construction.
Both the Taipei and Kaohsiung MRT systems used Sika Corp adhesives, but not AnchorFix-3 or AnchorFix-4, Chi said.
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