リニア工事で打開案説明　藤田国交次官、金子ＪＲ東海社長に

　リニア中央新幹線の静岡県内の工事をめぐり、国土交通省の藤田耕三事務次官は１０日午前、同省でＪＲ東海の金子慎社長と面会した。県とＪＲ東海の協議が難航していることを受け、藤田次官が早期の工事実施に向けた打開案を説明した。
　ＪＲ東海はトンネル掘削前の準備工事を進めたいと主張しているが、県は環境への悪影響を理由に認めていない。国交省が９日に発表した打開案は県に対し、環境への影響が軽微な範囲で準備工事を認めるよう要請。ＪＲ東海には国の有識者会議の議論などが終わるまでトンネル掘削を始めないよう求めている。
　藤田次官は１０日午後、県庁で川勝平太知事とも面会し、打開案への理解を求める。リニアは準備工事の遅れで２０２７年の開業が難しくなっており、国交省の提案が事態の進展につながるかが焦点となる。（2020/07/10-10:18）

The Japanese transport ministry has made proposals for breaking the deadlock over preparatory work in Shizuoka Prefecture concerning Central Japan Railway Co.'s ultrahigh-speed magnetic levitation train line project.
   Vice transport minister Kozo Fujita explained the proposals, aimed at conducting the work early, to Shin Kaneko, president of the railway operator, better known as JR Tokai, when they met in Tokyo on Friday.
   JR Tokai has been seeking to advance the preparatory work in the central Japan prefecture for starting the excavation of a tunnel for the maglev Shinkansen line. But the prefectural government has denied its consent to the work, citing concerns over environmental impacts.
   In the proposals, announced on Thursday, the ministry is asking the prefecture to allow JR Tokai to conduct the preparatory work to the extent that it would cause only minor impacts on the environment, while calling on JR Tokai not to start the drilling of the tunnel before a relevant expert panel of the central government finishes discussions.
   The Shizuoka side is particularly concerned that the tunnel work will potentially decrease the amount of groundwater flowing into the Oi River in the prefecture. The 25-kilometer tunnel will link Yamanashi and Nagano prefectures via Shizuoka.