共産党三重県委員会 リニア中央新幹線「中止すべき」見解発表
Mie Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of Japan Announces Opinion that Linear Central Shinkansen Line "Should be Canceled"
The Mie Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of Japan (CPP) has announced its opinion that the Linear Central Shinkansen Line, which aims to extend to Osaka,
should be cancelled because it has too many problems in terms of necessity and profitability.
The Mie Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of Japan held a press conference at the prefectural government office on April 12 to announce its views on the Linear Central Shinkansen Line.
According to the statement, the construction work should be stopped because "there are too many problems in terms of necessity, profitability, safety, environmental impact, etc., and we cannot support it.
As specific reasons for their opposition, they stated that even if the intermediate station scheduled to be built in Kameyama City is installed, it will not lead to convenient transportation within the prefecture, and conversely, the financial burden on local municipalities will become a burden on the economy, and the power consumption of the Linear Shinkansen is estimated to be three to four times that of the Tokaido Shinkansen, which is counter to energy conservation.
Takashi Otake, chairman of the Mie Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of Japan, commented, "At first glance, with the governor at the helm, the construction of the line is proceeding apace as if it were a matter of course, without any discussion of the various issues involved. We need to stop and have a wide-ranging discussion about what problems are anticipated.
Info based on a translated Japanese report by NHK Japan:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/tsu/202210 ... 09048.html Accessed 2022-10-13