By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe construction of Terminal 3 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport would not be finished until 2024 if construction starts next year, Taiwan International Airport Co (TIAC) said yesterday at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee, which was reviewing the company’s budget for the next fiscal year. The Executive Yuan at the beginning of this year postponed the projected completion of Terminal 3 from 2020 to 2023, with trial operations to begin in 2024. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Yeh Yi-jin (葉宜津) said that the company has clearly overestimated its ability to handle the construction of the terminal. However, no one is bidding for the contract to build the terminal, which has forced you to postpone the construction again and again, and then change the design,” Yeh said. The airport would be a laughing stock of the international community if TIAC changes the design of Terminal 3, she said.

Source: Taipei Times November 18, 2019 15:56 UTC