IV.Status of HSR Taichung Station District Development
1.
Project Objective
Along HSR line, Taichung (Wuri) Station is the third largest beneath Taipei and Kaohsiung. Its service scope covers Dajia, Taichung Harbor, Fengyuan, Taichung City, Changhua, Puli, Nantou, etc., including more than four-million population.Currently, the station has been connected with Zhongshan National Expressway, Formosa National Expressway, Taichung-Changhua Expressway, Taichung- Nantou Expressway, Provincial Highway No. 1 and the major boulevards of Taichung Life Circle. ?After completing co-construction with Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system of Taichung and the Trunk Line of TRA, this station district can further stabilize and support Great Taichung to be the third largest international city in Taiwan. Therefore, the land acquisition public project for HSR Taichung Station District is planned per urban development needs. The following five objectives are
expected: a. Creating a new environment for high quality life and industrial development.
b. Providing infrastructure for the public projects in the station, residential and commercial areas and industry specific area.
c. Building the station to be the key of transportation in Central Taiwan, and maximizing the benefic of the major thoroughfare metropolis.
d. Integrating the development of the station district and the surrounding urban and rural areas. Making the station district to be the new center of Great Taichung development.
e. By providing a convenient transportation service of a mega logistics park, to advance Great Taichung to be a capital of science and technology industries.
2.
Project Scope
This station district locates inside the scope of
[Wangtien
Interchange Special District Plan]. Its
administrative area belongs to Wuri Township, Taichung County.
Wuri Township is at the southwest of Taichung City, 7km away from the
sub-city center of Taichung. It is
a satellite town of Taichung Metropolis. The
station district scope contains Sanhe Village and Rongquan Village of Wuri
Township. Its north, east and south
boundaries are the same as the north, east and south boundaries of Wangtien
Interchange Special District; its west boundary is at the ramp of Wangtien
Interchange, Zhongshan National Expressway.The land acquisition area is 200 hectares.
3.
Project Description
Land acquisition
16.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-TW">public project items for
HSR Taichung Station District include:
Land grading, road construction, water
drainage, tap water pipeline, sewage drainage, public illumination, relevant
lifeline setting, bridge, landscape and common duct electrical and mechanical
facility, fire fighting, water pumping and drainage, ventilation, monitoring
equipment, etc.
Tenders
for Civil Project: Because of the time limit and construction scale
of the project, this project is divided into four tenders
First
Civil Tender:
Winning
Tenderer: BES
Engineering Corporation
Date
of Commencement: Nov. 1, 2002
Date
of Completion: Sep. 15, 2006
Budget
Amount: NTD 2,293,784,495
Project
Contract Amount: NTD 1,443,900,000
Final
Account: NTD 1,360,521,411
Second
Civil Tender:
Winning
Tenderer: Te-Chang Construction Co.
Date
of Commencement: Dec. 27, 2001
Date
of Completion: Jan. 17, 2007
Budget
Amount: NTD 889,782,140
Project
Contract Amount: NTD 583,000,000
Final
Account: NTD 548,332,471
Third
Civil Tender:
Winning
Tenderer: Te-Chang Construction Co.
Date
of Commencement: Dec. 27, 2001
Date
of Completion: Oct. 17, 2005
Budget
Amount: NTD 1,008,558,514
Project
Contract Amount: NTD 643,000,000
Final
Account: NTD 638,407,128
Fourth
Civil Tender:
Winning
Tenderer: Guoyong Construction Engineering Co.
Date
of Commencement: Sep. 22, 2002
Date
of Completion: Dec. 20, 2005
Budget
Amount: NTD 1,036,534,300
Project
Contract Amount: NTD 668,800,000
Final
Account: NTD 757,855,380
Total
Budget Amount of Foregoing Four Tenders:
NTD 5,228,659,449
Total
Project Contract Amount: NTD 3,338,700,000
Total
Final Account: NTD 3,305,116,390
Electrical
and Mechanical Works Tender:
Winning
Tenderer: Pine Hydroelectric Engineering, Ltd.
Date
of Commencement: Feb. 25, 2005
Estimated
Date of Completion: Oct. 25, 2007
Budget
Amount: NTD 154,734,344
Project
Contract Amount: NTD 110,000,000
Final
Account: NTD 127,587,719
Landscape
Tender:
Winning
Tenderer: Taifeng Agriculture
and Animal Husbandry Co.