The government has established a policy of setting the total project cost for the three Shinkansen lines in Hokkaido, Hokuriku, and Kyushu to 194 billion yen next fiscal year, fiscal 2023, including the burden of the national government, local governments, and JR companies. rice field.
In the draft budget for next fiscal year, it is expected that 80.4 billion yen will be included as a burden on the government for the construction costs of the three Shinkansen lines in Hokkaido, Hokuriku, and Kyushu.
The government plans to reduce the total cost of the project, which includes the burden of the national government and the burden of local municipalities and JR companies, to 194 billion yen, 46 billion yen less than this year.
Of this amount,
170 billion yen, which is 35 billion yen higher than this year, will be allocated to the section between Shin-Hakodate Hokuto and Sapporo on the Hokkaido Shinkansen.
Regarding the development of this section, an expert panel of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has clarified a trial calculation that the project cost will increase by about 645 billion yen from the initial plan.
In addition, the
Hokuriku Shinkansen will be allocated 14 billion yen for the section between Kanazawa and Tsuruga, which is scheduled to open at the end of fiscal 2023 next year.
As the construction work has passed the peak, it will be 79 billion yen less than this year, which is a significant decrease.
In addition, the
▽ Kyushu Shinkansen plans to allocate 10 billion yen to proceed with the remaining construction in the section between Takeo Onsen and Nagasaki on the "West Kyushu Route" that opened this year.