Taipei Dome passes city review as questions linger | taipei dome
ByLeeI-chia/StaffreporterTheTaipeiDomeprojectonMondayeveningpassedanurbanplanningreviewattheTaipeiCityGovernment,butofficialsyesterdayfailedtoanswercitycouncilors’questionsregardinghowmanymodificationsareallowedundertheapprovedplanandtheireffects. ThecitygovernmentinMay2014orderedcontractorFargloryLandDevelopmentCotostopconstructionduetosafetyconcernsandunauthorizedchangestotheblueprints,sayingthatoperationswouldonlybeallowedtoresumeafterseveralreviewswerepassed. Despitetheprojectbei...
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Taipei Dome project on Monday evening passed an urban planning review at the Taipei City Government, but officials yesterday failed to answer city councilors’ questions regarding how many modifications are allowed under the approved plan and their effects.
The city government in May 2014 ordered contractor Farglory Land Development Co to stop construction due to safety concerns and unauthorized changes to the blueprints, saying that operations would only be allowed to resume after several reviews were passed.
Despite the project being stalled for several years, Farglory still failed to provide the results of computer simulations for two of six emergency evacuation scenarios at the sixth urban planning review meeting on Aug. 30.
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