Soccer stadium development Kagoshima city excludes “Hamacho bus depot” from candidate sites Voice of anxiety from lawmakers[02/10 19:05]
In Kagoshima City’s soccer stadium concept, the three places you see are candidate sites. Of these, the city announced on the 10th that it would exclude the “Hamacho Bus Depot” from the candidate sites.
On the 10th, the city reiterated its view that the “dolphin port site” was the “most likely” of the remaining two locations, but the future is unclear.
(Rep. Hironori Sakimoto) “The surrounding environment is very severe. The hurdles are high.”
At a special committee meeting of the city council on the 10th, the city presented three conventional candidate sites, as in the interim report in November last year, and finally decided that the former Dolphin Port site was the “most likely” in terms of maintenance costs and operating income. presented the report.
However, the “Hamacho Bus Depot”, which was one of the candidate sites in the final report, was said last month by Yoshitaro Iwasaki, the president of Iwasaki Corporation, who owns it, “I made a statement as chairman of the Kagoshima Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the prefectural review committee that I serve as a member of.” However, there are rumors that it is a profit induction to the company, ”he said, and requested to withdraw.
when asked about this.
(City official) “We respect the intention to withdraw the candidate site for the bus depot in Hamacho, and are considering excluding it from the candidate site.”
The city has indicated a policy to exclude it from the candidate site in the future. On the other hand, from a member of parliament.
(Rep. Irifune Koichi) “We have been working on it so far.
(Rep. Hironori Ijichi) “Of the three candidate sites, the prefectural review committee has raised doubts about the eligibility of most of the candidate sites. We will have to start over from a blank slate.”
However, even with regard to the Dolphin Port site, which was the “most likely candidate site” in the final report, the prefectural investigative committee was of the opinion that the waterfront park would remain as it is, instead of building a soccer stadium. A series of questions came from the audience.
(Rep. Hironori Sakimoto) “(In the prefectural review committee) there are quite a few harsh opinions about the stadium, but there are almost no opinions to support it.”
(Rep. Hironori Ijichi) “Looking at the discussions (in the committee), I feel that we have entered a rough road where the decision has not yet been made (if the stadium cannot be improved). strong”
The city plans to continue to explain the city’s thoughts at the prefectural review committee, but the future is uncertain.
