The Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, along with the Ilan County Government and the BES Engineering Corporation, set up a planning commission in 1977, which led to a start on the construction of the 236-hectare Lung Teh Industrial Park, 4.5 kilometers away from the new port.
躲過一場意外儘管施工安全顧慮得多周密，意外的發生仍在所難免。榮工處蘇澳港施工處工務組劉彥忠組長，推推眼鏡笑咪咪的回憶說：「我記得是在民國六十五年十月廿三日上午，我隨同其他工程人員正開始拖放第五座巨型沈箱，一切都進行得很順利。