"Tokyo Outer Ring Road" collapse accident Requested to cancel construction again October 28, 17:48
Residents complaining that there is a problem with the tunnel construction method of the "Tokyo Outer Ring Road" have collapsed in a residential area of Chofu City on the 18th of this month at a hearing held at the Tokyo District Court. , I asked again to stop the tunnel construction.
Thirteen residents around the planned construction site of the "Tokyo Outer Ring Road" said that the method of digging deep underground with a huge excavator had problems such as the air in the ground being pushed up to the ground. In May, we filed a temporary disposition requesting the government and the East Nippon Expressway to cancel the tunnel construction.
A private hearing was held at the Tokyo District Court on the 28th, and according to a lawyer on the resident side, residents were concerned about the collapse of the road in a residential area in Chofu City, Tokyo on the 18th of this month. It is said that he requested the cancellation again because his safety was threatened.
On the other hand, the government said, "We are planning to complete the on-site investigation by December," and said that the cause of the depression is "under investigation."
Regarding the collapse of the road, the East Nippon Expressway does not know the relationship with the construction, but has stopped the work and started investigating the cause.
At the press conference, Attorney Attorney Takeuchi, a lawyer on the resident side, said, "The collapse of the road is clearly the result of tunnel construction. Currently, construction is voluntarily stopped, but I would like the court to issue an order to stop the construction. I was talking.
The president of East Nippon Expressway is ...
Toru Obata, president of East Nippon Expressway Company, said, "I think that the collapse accident and the trial are not directly related to each other. But I can't give a clear answer at this stage. "