Highway Act｜第 58 條｜公路｜Act｜In Force
第 四 章｜交通部｜v1.0
Effective Date: 9999-12-31｜Last Amended: 2025-12-19
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.