Goto Main Content
:::

Select Folders:

Highway Act CH

Announced Date: 2023-12-06
Content:
Amendment to Article 33,61-1,81 and addition of Article 34-1 promulgated on December 6, 2023.
Amendment to Article 58 shall take effect on a date determined by the Executive Yuan.
Article 33.
Highway design, construction, maintenance, and traffic engineering, should be human-oriented, and, in principle, ensure the safety of road users; the technical specifications shall be determined by the MOTC.
Article 34-1.
After being ratified by the highway authorities, transportation enterprises are allowed to provide freight services for remote areas.
The applicable transportation enterprises, management regulations, category details, weight and volume, fee-charging standards referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be determined by the MOTC.
Article 58.
To maintain highways and urban roads that are safe and unimpeded, highway authorities may, on roads with heavy traffic, assign special lanes for various vehicles according to practical needs, and should install signs, markings, signals, railings, traffic islands, and other traffic safety construction installations at dangerous or appropriate points.
Highway authorities shall pave special lanes on existing roads or use alternative roads as special lanes for bicycles and pedestrians according to the needs of bicycles and pedestrians.
Highway construction under the following conditions should be carried out along with obstacle-free sidewalks, pedestrian walking areas, or traffic calm zones within a certain range, and the same applies to those with arcades:
(1)The construction site overlaps with route sections shared by highways and urban roads.
(2)The construction site overlaps with route sections for medical institutions, schools, institutions, railway stations, MRT stations, or airports.
(3)The construction site overlaps with locations feasible for alternative passageway, densely populated areas, and road sections to locations designated by the highway authorities.
When established according to section 1 of the preceding paragraph, the sidewalk setting standards shall follow relevant standards under the Urban Road Act.
The location and implementation scope of Paragraph 3 shall be determined by the MOTC in conjunction with the Ministry of the Interior.
To ensure highway traffic safety, the MOTC should establish management standards for highway infrastructure safety and supervise municipal and county (city) governments handling inspections related to urban roads with the Ministry of the Interior.
Highway construction should comply with management standards for highway infrastructure safety, and should pass the highway safety inspection.
Article 61-1.
Car testings and driver license tests shall be made by the personnel who is qualified by exam and with certification.
Regulations regarding matters such as testing mode, category, qualifications, training, assessment and supervision and management for the aforementioned car testing and driver license test personnel shall be determined personnel by the MOTC.
Repairs of cars should be executed by the personnel with a car repair mechanic license or car repair technician certificate grade B or above.
Regulations regarding matters such as testing method, category, qualifications, training, assessment and supervision and management for the aforementioned car repair mechanic and technician shall be determined by the MOTC.
Article 81.
This Act is enforced since the date of its promulgation, except for the enforcement date of Article 35 which had been revised and promulgated on May 07th 1997 which shall be determined by the Executive Yuan.
Paragraph 3 of Article 65 amended on May 24, 2022 shall take effect on 1 year after the publication date on which the amendment came into effect.
Article 58 of this Act amended on Nov. 21, 2023 shall take effect on a date determined by the Executive Yuan.