It was found that a repayment plan was not considered for the investment of about 1.73 trillion yen borne by the national government and local governments to repay the debt of the Honshu Expressway connecting Honshu and Shikoku, and the audit was conducted. The institute submitted a report to the Diet stating that it needed to be considered.

Nearly 3 trillion yen has been invested in the construction of the Honshu Expressway, which connects Honshu and Shikoku by three routes, such as the "Seto Chuo Expressway,"


and by


2013, investment from

▽ national and

▽ local 10 local

governments

1 Over 730 billion yen was used


to repay debts such as construction costs.



When the Board of Audit investigated this investment at the request of the Diet, it was found that plans to return it to the national and local governments were not being considered.



No consideration was given even after the toll revenues of other expressway companies were to be used to repay the debt of the four expressways in 2014, and the repayment method was discussed at the relevant council of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. There was no evidence.



For this reason, the Board of Audit submitted a report to the Diet on the 9th, stating that it is necessary to specifically consider the return of capital.



▽ "Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Organization" that owns expressways and


▽ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism


commented that "we would like to consider planned repayment in coordination with local governments."