The China Post
Date; July 22, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A local administrative court on Thursday partially reversed a Taipei City Government work halt order on the beleaguered Taipei Dome (台北大巨蛋) project as a means of reducing the risk of structural collapse.
According to the decision rendered by the Taipei High Administrative Court (台北高等行政法院), contractor Farglory (遠雄) can resume work in order to avoid structural risks in the incomplete arena.
The court stated that rising underground water levels and rusting of the stadium’s outer structure could pose a public safety hazard in the case of earthquakes or typhoons.
A decision to fully lift the construction halt could not be justified based on Farglory’s arguments that the municipality had “sacrificed” the holding of the 2017 Universiade games and had caused losses of NT$30 billion (US$935 million) in resultant delays, stated the court. [FULL STORY]