PREVENTION: The project would reduce the risk of flooding for 200km2 by building 250km of levees and underground drainage from next year to 2024, sources said

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 26, 2018
By: Lee Hsin-fang, Liu Li-jen and Jake Chung  /  Staff reporters, with staff writer

A flood prevention and drainage project under the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program is to funnel NT$22 billion (US$714.68 million) into central and southern Taiwan over the course of next year and 2020, the Executive Yuan said.

The project aims to increase the drainage efficiency of major rivers and improve localized drainage systems, it said.

Underground drainage pipes and levees would be constructed and riverbank conservation areas would be increased, it added.

Central and southern Taiwan were prioritized due to recent flooding, Water Resource Agency Deputy Director-General Wang Yi-feng (王藝峰) said.    [FULL  STORY]