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The
Directorate General of Highways was founded from
the reorganization of the former Department of Vehicles,
Railway Council, Ministry of Transportation by Taiwan
Public Administration Agency on August 1, 1946.
After the dismissal of Public Works Bureau, Ministry
of Construction on October 1, 1949, part of the
highway projects were overtaken by the Directorate
General of Highways. Moreover, five district engineering
departments were established to oversee the maintenance
and improvement projects of highways throughout
the Province.
When the Department was first established, the head
office was consisted of two sections and three offices,
namely the Construction Section, Maintenance Section,
General Affairs Office, Accounting and Statistics
Office, Personnel Office. Under this structure,
there were the First, Second and Third Branches.
The First Branch established three Stations at Gangshan,
Fongshan and Cishan on October 1, 1955; the Second
Branch established the Hengchun Station on February
15, 1949, Pingtung Station and Fonggang Station
on September 16, 1955, and Donggang Station on April
1, 1969, totaling four stations; the Third Branch
established Dawu Station on March 1, 1955, Chenggong
Station on December 1, 1955, and Lijia Station on
June 7, 1976.
The Fourth and Fifth Branch were added on November
1, 1972, with Taoyuan Station, Baolai Station, Tienchi
Station and Siaolin Station established under the
Fourth Branch; and Guanshan Station, Wulu Station
and Siangyang Station established under the Fifth
Branch at the same time. Besides, the Heavy Machinery
Brigade was instituted on April 16, 1973 to deal
with interim projects. The Department expanded into
the Sixth Branch on October 1, 1978, and the Seventh
Branch on February 12 the next year. By then the
Hengchun Station and Fonggang Station, originally
under the Second Branch, came under the administration
of the Seventh Branch. Then two engineering offices
at Fonglin and Pingsin were opened on March 1, 1980
for the Transportation Enhancement and Expansion
Plan of Kaohsiung and Pingtung Area. These two offices
were abolished in July 1993 in tandem upon completion
of the project. The Heavy Machinery Brigade was
also dismissed on April 1, 1991 for operational
streamlining. The Cishan Engineering Office was
established on March 1, 1991 to work on the widening
project of the No. 3 Provincial Road and No. 184
Road in Cishan area. Liling Engineering Office was
set up in September 1992 to take charge of the widening
project of Liling Bridge, and Dongbin Engineering
Office was set up in December 1993 to work on the
widening project of No. 11 Provincial Road of East
Coast Highway.
Proviso resolution of the Provincial Council general
budget in 1996: Many ministries, departments and
bureaus subordinate to the provincial government
name their divisions and offices by numbers, which
are easily confused. It is recommended they change
their division and office names. By this principle,
the Department changed the name of its seven branches
on April 1, 1997 by geographical names: Kaohsiung
Branch, Chaojhou Branch, Taitung Branch, Jiasian
Branch, Guanshan Branch, Penghu Branch and Fonggang
Branch.
Since its establishment in 1949, the Department
has experienced a number of expansions due to operational
needs. In terms of organizational structure, the
head office now has Construction Section, Maintenance
Section, Land Section, Equipment and Supplies Section,
General Affairs Office, Accounting Office, Civil
Service Ethics Office, Occupational Safety Office,
together with the Maintenance Workshop, seven Branches
and three Engineering Offices under its administration.
Upon completion of the Constitution amendment by
the National Assembly on July 21, 1997, Article
9 on “Reorganization of Taiwan Provincial Government”
has been added to the Constitution of the Republic
of China. Hence, the Directorate General of Highways,
originally under the Taiwan Provincial Government,
came under administration of the central government
from July 1, 1999 due to the streamlining of the
provincial government. It then became directly administered
by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications,
and the Department was correspondingly renamed the
Third District Engineering Department of the Directorate
General of Highways, MOTC. With the presidential
decree of the “General Principles of Organization
of All District Engineering Departments” on January
21, 2002, the Department was officially named the
Third District Engineering Department of the Directorate
General of Highways, MOTC on January 30, 2002.
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