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Construction And Planning

Tamsui River Basin, etc. It is expected that through the overall consideration of drainage facilities
in the region and with technological monitoring and transmission facilities, MOI will use big data
analysis to develop the best drainage facility joint prevention and operation mechanism or provide
effective and feasible flooding improvement solutions to raise the overall urban flood protection

standard. In 2022, six municipalities have been commissioned to complete the urban smart water
monitoring contracting operation. In the following year, it will gradually be expanded to 16 other
county (city) governments to handle real-time water level monitoring of urban stormwater drainage
systems and improve flood protection accuracy.

As of the end of 2022, the total length of storm sewer construction in the whole country was
5,658.48 km, the implementation rate of storm sewers was raised to 79.81%, and flood deten-
tion reached 602,500 cubic meters. It will keep operating the storm sewer system's planning and
construction to expand the effectiveness of water management and enhance the city's efforts for

flood prevention in 2023.

6. Promoting Road Construction and Maintenance

(1) Carry out the regional-based road system construction plan

The "Construction Plan of Road Traffic System in Living Circles (Urban Roads) for 6 Years (2022-
2027)" mainly focuses on the new development and expansion of urban roads, together with the
construction of the urban disaster prevention system. It aims to strengthen the accessibility of

important assembly points, promote people-oriented, environmentally-friendly roads, improve
the efficiency of existing transportation systems, and cooperate with policies to solve important
local traffic problems. The budget allocated for this plan is NT$ 6.637 billion in 2022 and NT$ 6.632
billion in 2023. These projects are planned to construct the urban expressway system and achieve
the goal of nationwide one-day living areas.

(2) Road/street quality improvement plan
The plan is to handle road quality improvement projects, improve urban road services quality,

and provide road users with a dignified, safe, comfortable, and barrier-free road environment. It
subsidizes local governments through public construction and friendly environmental planning.
The third phase of the plan includes the re-examination of the existing indicators and improve-

ments according to the five major themes: "Human-Centered Environment", "Green Transporta-
tion", "Ecological Road Network", "Smart Construction", and "Education and Publicity." In addi-

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