Akabane Minister of State visits the site of the collapse of the JR Mizu-gun railway bridge Ibaraki Daigo-cho, October 21, 12:33
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation of Akabane visited the site of the JR Mizugun Line, which was unable to operate due to great damage such as the Kuji River overflowing and the iron bridge collapsed. .
Due to Typhoon No. 19, the Mizori Line connecting Mito and Koriyama in Fukushima Prefecture suffered major damage such as a bridge being washed away or a nearby embankment leaking out, making it impossible to travel from Hitachi-Omiya Station to Koriyama Station. The state continues.
On the 21st, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane visited the site of Daigo-machi where the iron bridge collapsed, and received an explanation of the damage from JR personnel.
After the inspection, Minister Akabane told reporters, “I once again realized the magnitude of the damage when I saw the site. I would like to work with JR and the prefecture and aim for recovery as soon as possible.”
On top of that, he said, “I wanted to restore it in a safer way because there was an opinion not only to restore it to its original form, but also to restore it while thinking about preventing recurrence.”
Restoration is expected to take a considerable amount of time between the three stations from Daikincho in Daigo-cho, where the damage was severe, to Hitachi Daiko, and there is no prospect of resuming operation.