JR Maglev cost increase: Stop the project! (?)
Posted: 22. Jun 2021, 11:26
English Translation of a report in Japanese (Summary) https://www.jcp.or.jp/akahata/aik21/202 ... _03_0.html Site access on 2021-06-22.
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(写真)質問する本村伸子議員=8日、衆院総務委
Nobuko Motomura, a member of the House of Representatives, asks a question at the House General Affairs Committee on August 8.
At a meeting of the House of Representatives General Affairs Committee on August 8, Nobuko Motomura, a member of the Japan Communist Party, raised the issue of a 1.5 trillion yen increase in construction costs for the Central Linear Railway Shinkansen project being promoted by JR Tokai and called for a halt to the project.
JR Tokai says the increase is due to 500 billion yen to deal with difficult construction, 600 billion yen for earthquake countermeasures, and 300 billion yen to secure a place to use the soil generated.
Mr. Motomura asked if the 1.5 trillion yen would include measures to deal with the Tokyo Outer Ring Road cave-in accident involving deep underground (40 meters or more underground) and measures to reduce the water level of the Oi River. Mr. Hideo Onishi, Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, replied that only the countermeasures for the cave-in and the study on the Oigawa River's water source "have been included after estimating the additional cost.
Mr. Motomura demanded additional boring surveys and preliminary house surveys for the linear line in response to the Outer Ring Road cave-in accident. MLIT Vice-Minister Shuji Eguchi replied, "We are considering this at JR Tokai".
Mr. Motomura pointed out the error in the MLIT's reply that the assumption of the construction cost was reasonable, and pursued the idea that a re-evaluation of the linear project should be conducted. Vice Minister Onishi responded, "In cooperation with the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, we will investigate and confirm the implementation status of the linear project, including the certainty of reimbursement (of FILP). Mr. Motomura stressed that the arrogant linear project, which will take away the natural environment, the living environment, and even the water that sustains life, must be stopped.
English Translation of a report in Japanese (Summary) https://www.jcp.or.jp/akahata/aik21/202 ... _03_0.html Site access on 2021-06-22.
https://www.jcp.or.jp/akahata/aik21/202 ... 6_03_0.jpg Site access on 2021-06-22.
(写真)質問する本村伸子議員=8日、衆院総務委
Nobuko Motomura, a member of the House of Representatives, asks a question at the House General Affairs Committee on August 8.
At a meeting of the House of Representatives General Affairs Committee on August 8, Nobuko Motomura, a member of the Japan Communist Party, raised the issue of a 1.5 trillion yen increase in construction costs for the Central Linear Railway Shinkansen project being promoted by JR Tokai and called for a halt to the project.
JR Tokai says the increase is due to 500 billion yen to deal with difficult construction, 600 billion yen for earthquake countermeasures, and 300 billion yen to secure a place to use the soil generated.
Mr. Motomura asked if the 1.5 trillion yen would include measures to deal with the Tokyo Outer Ring Road cave-in accident involving deep underground (40 meters or more underground) and measures to reduce the water level of the Oi River. Mr. Hideo Onishi, Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, replied that only the countermeasures for the cave-in and the study on the Oigawa River's water source "have been included after estimating the additional cost.
Mr. Motomura demanded additional boring surveys and preliminary house surveys for the linear line in response to the Outer Ring Road cave-in accident. MLIT Vice-Minister Shuji Eguchi replied, "We are considering this at JR Tokai".
Mr. Motomura pointed out the error in the MLIT's reply that the assumption of the construction cost was reasonable, and pursued the idea that a re-evaluation of the linear project should be conducted. Vice Minister Onishi responded, "In cooperation with the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, we will investigate and confirm the implementation status of the linear project, including the certainty of reimbursement (of FILP). Mr. Motomura stressed that the arrogant linear project, which will take away the natural environment, the living environment, and even the water that sustains life, must be stopped.
English Translation of a report in Japanese (Summary) https://www.jcp.or.jp/akahata/aik21/202 ... _03_0.html Site access on 2021-06-22.