Henoko Measures against soft ground Ministry of Defense's first expert review meeting September 6 23:15
Over the relocation of the U.S. military Futenma base to Henoko, Nago City, the Ministry of Defense is expecting difficult construction work due to the reclamation of soft ground. It was opened, and in the future, it was decided to study specific construction methods.
A report on the relocation of the US Army Futenma base in Okinawa to Henoko, Nago City, in January, reports that it is necessary to improve the ground to drive about 77,000 piles in order to strengthen the soft ground. It is summarized and difficult construction is expected.
Therefore, to obtain technical advice, the first meeting of the study group made by experts such as civil engineering and geology was held on the 6th, and the Ministry of Defense side, the soft ground was spread over the north and south of the planned landfill site, I explained that it is distributed like a valley.
In the study meeting, we will examine the construction period necessary for ground improvement, which the Ministry of Defense says will take 3 years and 8 months, in addition to how to make a pile to strengthen the ground, construction method of revetment, etc. It was decided.
The Ministry of Defense wants to apply to Okinawa Prefecture for a design change based on the results of the study, but Okinawa Prefecture has requested that the landfill work be canceled immediately, and even if a new design is finalized, it will be relocated. There will still be a bend in the progress of the plan.
Okinawa Governor Tamaki “Immediately stop construction”
Governor Tamaki in Okinawa criticized the expert review meeting held by the Ministry of Defense that the construction should be stopped immediately before setting up an organization premised on reclamation off Henoko.
Governor Tamaki said at the press conference on the 6th, “Before the government established an expert meeting on the premise of landfill, the construction was canceled according to the instructions of the prefecture, and the construction period and total cost of landfill construction were clarified. "I should explain it to" and criticized the government's response.