The ruling party's project team has requested a review of the country's outlook that the section connecting Kanazawa on the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture will be delayed by a year and a half in the spring of 2023.
In response to this, the verification committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has found that the delay in opening is shortened by half a year to about one year, and adjustments are being made with a plan to reduce the additional project cost by more than 20 billion yen. It was.
Regarding the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Tsuruga, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said last month that the opening schedule for the spring of 2023 was delayed by about one and a half years due to the delay in construction, and the total project cost would increase by 288 billion yen than expected. The ruling party's project team received a series of opinions calling for a review.
In response to this, a verification committee established by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, consisting of civil engineering experts, reconsidered how to proceed with future construction.
As a result, it was found that the prospect of delay in opening is shortened by half a year to about one year, and the additional project cost is reduced by more than 20 billion yen to about 260 billion yen. ..
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has decided to show the ruling party's project team the proposal compiled at the verification committee meeting held on the 9th, but the future focus will be on how much the local government will bear the swelling project cost.