Construction of the trouble-plagued Beitou cable car system might be resumed by the end of this year after a hiatus of almost four years, the Construction and Planning Agency (CPA) under the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) said Thursday. If the Taipei city government decides to cooperate with the previous winning bidder of the contract and reports to it on the latest situation, the cable car construction project could be rekindled by year-end, as long as the National Parks Planning Committee under the MOI gives its approval, the CPA said. Late last year, the CPA demanded that the city government, which is in charge of the project, report back within three months on whether it will continue collaborating with the previous winning bidder to carry out the build-operate- transfer (BOT) project. The deadline will expire in late February. The construction license for the project was revoked in 2005 after then-Vice Minister of the Interior Yen Wan-ching and Cai Bai-lu, then-director of Yangmingshan National Park, were charged with taking kickbacks from a developer who sought to get a construction license for the project. Yen was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty on corruption charges in four separate cases, including his acceptance of bribes from the developer. Cai was sentenced to two years and six months for his involvement in the bribery scandal. 