Suhua Highway project progressingBy Chen Chia-yi and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAA project to bolster the east coast Suhua Highway against natural disasters yesterday passed a preliminary environmental impact assessment, after a Ministry of Environment committee ordered more precautions to be added to protect woodlands and rivers. The project entails buttressing sections of the highway left out of a previous road improvement plan completed four years ago, Directorate-General of Highways Director Chen Wen-juei (陳文瑞) told the committee in Taipei. Construction equipment moves dirt along the Chongde section of the Suhua Highway in Hualien County in an undated photograph. It urged bureau planners to come up with solutions that would help preserve or increase biodiversity as part of the project. Strengthening the highway against natural disasters is crucial for increasing Taiwan’s resilience amid a worsening climate crisis, Chen said.
