Lawmakers criticize TTSB for Puyuma reportCOMMITTEE MEETING: Legislators focused their questions on how the board released its final report, rather than on the substance of its findingsBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) yesterday came under fire from members of the Legislative Yuan’s Transportation Committee over its release on Monday of the final investigation report on the 2018 derailment of a Puyuma Express train. Board Chairman Young Hong-tsu (楊宏智) was at the committee meeting to brief lawmakers about the board’s performance over the past fiscal year and answer questions about its budget for the next fiscal year. Photo: Hsiao Yu-hsin, Taipei TimesAfter that, lawmakers focused their questions on how the board released its 435-page report, the culmination of a year-long probe. Young told lawmakers that the final report on the collapse of the Nanfangao Bridge in Yilan County’s Suao Township (蘇澳) on Oct. 1 last year would be made public on Nov.27. The TRA’s preliminary investigation found that the crack had been reported in March, but the track had not been replaced.

Source: Taipei Times October 21, 2020 15:56 UTC