Loss of redevelopment business due to withdrawal of a blank sheet. Tokushima District Court May 20, 18:24
The Tokushima District Court said in a trial seeking compensation for more than 600 million yen for landowners suffering a huge loss over the redevelopment project in the center of the city that the former mayor of Tokushima City withdrew from the blank paper. To 358 million yen.
In 2005, the Mayor Hideki Hara announced that the redevelopment project in the Shinmachi Nishi district in the center of Tokushima City would be integrated with the Music Arts Hall, but after that, he pledged to withdraw from the project. Former Mayor Akira Endo was elected and a blank sheet was withdrawn.
For this reason, a redevelopment union made up of landowners, etc. was suing a huge loss due to the suspension of the business, and was suing the city for a compensation of over 650 million yen.
In the judgment on the 20th, the President of the Tokushima District Court, Kimi Kawabata, said that the redevelopment union spent the costs for the survey and construction design of the land spent from 2014 to 2016, as well as the labor costs of the union. I admitted and ordered the city to pay about 358 million yen after deducting city subsidies.
Regarding this issue, the union had also filed a lawsuit asking the city to approve a redevelopment plan, but last year a ruling to dismiss the lawsuit was finalized.
President of Redevelopment Union "I want to solve a difficult situation as soon as possible"
In response to the decision, Shunji Takagi, the chairman of the Shinmachi West District Urban Redevelopment Association, said in a press conference, "The granted compensation was not full, but the judiciary said that even if the policy was changed as a result of the election, the liability cannot be escaped. I showed it clearly. "
He added, "Because the union members want to resolve the difficult situation as soon as possible, I would like to discuss with the city so that it can be resolved based on this district court decision."
Mayor Tokushima "Fix firmly"
Regarding the judgment, Mayor Sawako Naito of Tokushima City said, `` For future correspondence, after carefully examining the judgment sentence and discussing it with lawyers, we will create a lively city that will provide peace to the city center in the future. I would like to make a firm response so that I can change it. "