Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism budget request Flood damage countermeasures and support for local public transportation and tourism are pillars September 25, 14:59
To prepare the budget for the next fiscal year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has put together a budget request centered on strengthening flood control measures and supporting local public transportation and tourism, which are suffering from poor management.
The total amount is 1% higher than the initial budget for this year, but there are many items for which the amount has not yet been included, centering on measures against the new coronavirus, and the scale is expected to grow further.
According to the budget request for the next fiscal year compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the total amount is more than 5.96 trillion yen, which is 1% higher than the initial budget for this year.
As items, in order to strengthen flood control measures, in addition to the construction of embankments and hydraulic dams, the cost of utilizing power generation and agricultural dams and promoting the relocation of houses is 502.7 billion yen, and the infrastructure such as roads is aging. 717.6 billion yen is included in the measures against conversion.
Regarding the new corona virus, maintenance of local public transportation such as railroads and buses, support for the tourism industry, and border measures for infectious diseases for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are mentioned, but at the moment, all of them are mentioned. The amount is included as an unspecified "request for matters".
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is aiming to increase the budget for disaster countermeasures toward the end of the year, and there are also requests that the amount is not included at this time, mainly related to the new coronavirus, so at the initial budget stage, The scale is expected to grow further.
At the press conference on the 25th, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane said, "In view of the situation where natural disasters are becoming more severe and frequent, from a medium- to long-term perspective, we will provide a necessary and sufficient budget that exceeds the past results. We will work to secure it. "