Maintenance Shinkansen project cost Ruling party project team

With regard to the operating cost of the maintenance Shinkansen, the costs for the sections under construction in Kyushu and Hokuriku are rising, so the ruling party project team was held on the 11th, and in the next year's budget plan from 79.2 billion yen this year, further I confirmed the policy to ask the government to increase the budget.

Of the maintenance Shinkansen, the sections of Kanazawa and Tsuruga on the Hokuriku Shinkansen and the sections of Takeo Onsen and Nagasaki on the Kyushu Shinkansen have increased by over 340 billion yen due to soaring personnel costs. became.

Therefore, at the meeting of the project team of the ruling party aiming to promote the construction of the maintenance Shinkansen held on the 11th, the government plans to increase the budget from the 79.2 billion yen this fiscal year in the budget plan for the next year for the project cost of the maintenance Shinkansen. I confirmed the policy I wanted.

On the other hand, over the Nagasaki route on the Kyushu Shinkansen, the ruling project team says that the section from Shin Tosu to Takeo Onsen in Saga should be maintained in full line, whereas the local Saga rebounds. doing.

For this reason, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is proceeding with adjustments, focusing on whether to include the costs for evaluating the environmental impact required prior to the start of construction in the budget plan for the next fiscal year.