Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hokuriku Shinkansen Kanazawa-Tsuruga to re-present the opening time November 11 16:52
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has reported to the ruling party's project team that the construction of the section connecting Kanazawa on the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture will be delayed, and the opening of business in the spring of 2023 will be delayed by one and a half years.
Since there were a number of opinions from lawmakers that they could not approve, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism decided to reiterate the opening time by the middle of next month after verification by experts.
Construction has been underway on the section between Kanazawa and Tsuruga on the Hokuriku Shinkansen with the aim of opening in the spring of 2023.
However, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism held a project team of the ruling party on the 11th due to cracks in the ground inside the tunnel on the prefectural border between Ishikawa and Fukui and poor bids for viaduct construction. At the meeting, he reported that the opening of the business would be delayed by one and a half years.
In addition, due to the cost of safety measures for tunnel construction, the total project cost is expected to increase by about 288 billion yen from the initial estimate of 1.4 trillion yen.
On the other hand, there were a number of opinions from the members who attended that they could not approve.
For this reason, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will set up a verification committee consisting of civil engineering experts to consider whether it is possible to shorten the construction period, and will reiterate the prospect of opening time and project cost by the middle of next month. I did.
After the meeting, the ruling party project team chairman Hiroyuki Hosoda said, "There were many angry voices from local lawmakers and I said that I could not accept this report. I should also give wisdom about the local burden of additional construction costs." Said.