Typhoon damage Request for support for recovery of sewage treatment plant Governor of Nagano November 7, 19:35
On the 7th, Governor Abe of Nagano Prefecture visited the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and requested support such as cost burden for restoration of sewage treatment facility in the prefecture damaged by inundation due to typhoon No. 19.
In Nagano Prefecture, sewage treatment facilities such as “Clean Pier Chikuma” in Nagano City and “Saku City Sewerage Management Center” in Saku City were inundated by the heavy rain caused by Typhoon No. 19, according to the Nagano Prefecture Environment Department. The cost required for the restoration of the city is expected to be up to 50 billion yen in the entire prefecture.
In response, Governor Abe of Nagano Prefecture and local government officials visited the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in the afternoon of the 7th to meet with Vice Minister Aoki.
In this, Governor Abe said, “The sewage treatment facilities in the prefecture were severely damaged in many places. I would like to ask for assistance for restoration as soon as possible.”
He requested that the government's subsidy rate be raised for the cost of restoration of sewage treatment facilities, and requested that the procedures be flexibly advanced so that the restoration project could be started as soon as possible.
In response, Deputy Minister Aoki said, “I want to be assured that I will do as much as I can as a country.”
Governor Abe told reporters that "the function of the sewage treatment facility has not been restored, which is inconvenient for the residents in the vicinity. The prefecture wants to make every effort to restore it." It was.