Taipei City EIA Committee today examined the Taipei Gemini case (Taipei Station Specific Dedicated Area C1 / D1) environmental impact difference analysis report, after the development unit to amend the use of the use of the content, the EIA final resolution to amend the passage. Taipei MRT Engineering Bureau pointed out that the scheduled April 1 to apply for a construction license, the end of the year to start construction.
The development unit reduced C1 by 1 floor, eliminated the cinema in C1 and replaced it with a shopping mall and food and beverage industry, eliminated the conference center in D1, and changed the office into a general office and a financial and insurance industry, which resulted in an increase in the amount of sewage, water consumption, and waste. Due to the updated design of the Taipei Promenade, the projected greenery has been changed to non-greenable areas, resulting in a reduction of green coverage.
In addition, the developer has responded to the views of the Metropolitan Review Board by reducing the volume of the podium, resulting in a reduction in the area of the podium balcony and a reduction in the area of the solar panels originally installed on the podium balcony; however, the developer has also undertaken to enhance energy conservation and water conservation in daily life, and to obtain the Green Mark Gold Label for green buildings, etc. The developer has also made a number of commitments in respect of energy conservation, water conservation, and the use of solar panels.
Some members queried that the amendment is not entirely due to the review of the Metropolitan Council, the development unit to amend the use of the area of the restaurant, shopping malls, water consumption, sewage, and also worried about the second half of the year to run to the changes, and environmentally friendly facilities have been reduced, the reasons for the changes should be clear, and if there is a Metropolitan Council review comments to be noted.
Finally, after discussion, the EIA resolves that the C1 and D1 EIA reports have been reviewed and amended and approved, and the developer should add the amendments within one month and send them to the EPA for approval.
Taipei Metro Engineering Bureau Deputy Secretary Wang Wei said that some of the amendments were made at the request of the Metropolitan Audit Commission to make adjustments, and indeed some of them were due to subsequent changes in product planning, such as the adjustment of movie theaters to offices in response to the outbreak of the epidemic.
Taipei Twin Star development case last May through the North City EIA review, in February this year through the North City Metropolitan Review Committee review, supplemented by a review of the environmental report review, and now the Twin Star development case through the environmental report, on behalf of the application for the construction of a license process has been completed. Wang Wei said, tentatively scheduled to apply for a construction license on April 1, the end of July to get a construction license, is expected to start construction at the end of this year.
