In order to further promote the "no utility poles" initiative by burying electric wires in the ground and eliminating utility poles, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has made a new plan to eliminate utility poles in a section of about 4000 km nationwide in the five years until 2025. I summarized it.
In September, Typhoon No. 15, which hit Chiba Prefecture directly, damaged a large number of power transmission lines and utility poles, causing power outages of up to 930,000 households, mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is promoting "no utility poles" by burying electric wires in the ground to eliminate utility poles in order to take disaster countermeasures and improve the cityscape. We have put together a promotion plan that incorporates the goals.
The sections to be focused on are
▽ roads that access emergency transportation roads and shelters in urban areas used for transporting goods in the event of a disaster
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▽ roads
around world cultural heritage and famous tourist destinations, etc., from this year to 2025. In five years, we are planning to eliminate the electric poles in the section of about 4000 km nationwide.
In addition, as the background to the lack of utility poles is that about 70,000 new utility poles are installed every year, we conducted a fact-finding survey to ask electric power companies why they need to be installed. , We are considering measures to reduce the number of utility poles.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said, "Measures to eliminate existing utility poles and not increase new utility poles are also a major issue. We would like to work with related organizations to prevent damage from utility poles in the event of a disaster. I'm talking.