Kyushu Shinkansen Nagasaki route not yet started section Discussion with Saga side on August 27th 19:14
The Kyushu Shinkansen Nagasaki route has not yet started construction in Saga Prefecture, the ruling party project team asked the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to continue discussions with the opposing Saga Prefecture, aiming for future budgetary measures .
Summarizing the policy that the ruling party's review committee should maintain the same `` full standard '' as the regular Shinkansen over the section of Shin Tosu in Takeda on the Kyushu Shinkansen Nagasaki route that has not yet started construction On the other hand, Saga consistently opposes the development of the full standard as a large financial burden arises.
On the 27th, a meeting was held with the project team of the ruling party aiming to promote the construction of the maintenance Shinkansen, which is an organization above the Review Committee, and it was confirmed that it would be appropriate to establish a new "full standard".
However, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, in consideration of Saga Prefecture, will postpone the cost of assessing the environmental impact required prior to the start of construction for the budget request for this section next year.
About this, the Liberal Democratic Party chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party, who is the chair of the project team, asked the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to respond flexibly and flexibly according to the progress of discussions between the parties concerned. He stated that he would like to discuss with the Saga side about the specific burden of construction costs, etc., aiming for future budgetary measures.