Considering Narita Airport expansion plan, such as the construction of a third runway.
A national expert committee that discusses the expansion plan of Narita Airport, including the establishment of a new runway, was held, and the airport company said that the business needs to be realized as `` I want to realize as soon as possible to strengthen international competitiveness '' I appealed.
In response to the agreement of local governments on the expansion plan for Narita Airport, including the construction of the third runway, the airport company submitted a request for construction permission to the MLIT last month.
In response, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will examine the necessity of the project with experts who are familiar with traffic policies, the effects of noise, environmental issues, etc., and an expert panel of eight people, and the first meeting on the 18th in Tokyo It was opened
Among them, Tatsuya Hamada, managing director of Narita Airport Company, stated that the expansion plan of Narita Airport is necessary for strengthening international competitiveness, realizing a tourism nation, and developing the region. It was.
In response to this, the committee members expressed their opinions that they would like to promote regional development after preserving the surrounding environment while cooperating with local governments, and requests that they would like to confirm the status of access to increase the number of users. Was issued.
The Expert Committee will report on the necessity of the project in January of next year, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism wants to judge the construction permission based on the result.