At the meeting on the 12th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism explained the direction of securing the operational profit of the management stability fund from next year on the support measures of JR Hokkaido, which continues to be difficult to manage, and will plan to materialize it in the future I showed my thoughts.
JR Hokkaido has received financial support in the 40 billion yen range from the national government for the past two years until this year, but the premise law has reached its deadline this year, and the government will revise the law and provide support measures. I am considering it.
Under these circumstances, JR, Michi, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism held a meeting at the prefectural office on the 12th.
Atsushi Uehara, director of the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, evaluated JR's management efforts to a certain extent and indicated the direction of support measures for the next three years.
As the contents
▽ ensure the investment income of management stability fund,
▽ Seikan review of tunnel maintenance burden,
as are considering such measures of cash flow that take into account the impact of ▽ new coronavirus,
the future, the idea of achieving concrete Shown.
On the other hand, for the eight sections that JR considers difficult to maintain on its own, we requested that local governments along the roads and railway lines actively consider support measures.
In response, Governor Suzuki said, "I don't think it's possible to make a mere deficit compensation. I would like to proceed with the examination while listening to the status of consideration of support measures by the national government and the opinions of municipalities." I showed my thoughts.