Kyushu Shinkansen Nagasaki route "No specific maintenance method premise" MLIT February 14, 15:11

Regarding the Kyushu Shinkansen / Nagasaki route development policy, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said that Saga Prefecture requested that the future consultation be confirmed, such as `` Consultation does not assume a specific maintenance method including full standards '' I answered.

Last year, the ruling party's project team decided that the “full standard” was appropriate for the maintenance policy between Shin-Tosu and Takeo Onsen on the Kyushu Shinkansen / Nagasaki route. You.

For this reason, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Saga Prefecture have coordinated a "wide discussion" on issues and impacts on the Shinkansen.

Under these circumstances, Saga Prefecture sent a document to the government on the 12th, confirming that the consultation did not assume full standards and did not proceed in a way that would lead to full standards. Answered.

Among them, the "wide discussion" states that "I would like to discuss five maintenance methods in a flat line without presupposing a specific maintenance method, including full standards."

In addition, while the Saga prefecture requested that the prefecture not proceed with the business unless the prefecture agreed, he replied, "According to the prefecture's opinion."

In a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane said, "I am embarrassed not to be able to enter into the talks. I guess. "