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Gov’t orders inspections of old bridges

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Radio Taiwan International
Date: 03 October, 2019
By: John Van Trieste

The government has ordered bridge inspections after a fatal bridge collapse in Yilan County Tuesday.

The government has ordered agencies in charge of bridge maintenance to submit plans for the inspection of old bridges. That’s after a 21-year-old bridge in Yilan County collapsed into a fishing harbor Tuesday, killing six.

On Thursday, President Tsai Ing-wen that plans should be submitted quickly, and that work will begin as soon as possible to repair any bridges that need to be strengthened in the short term
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