2021, notice of start of recruitment of snow removal cost subsidy for living roads

On town roads (outside the town expense snow removal route) and roads equivalent to the town road, the expenses required for snow removal carried out by the townspeople to secure a living road during the snowfall period are specified in the following outline within the budget. By granting a subsidy, we will accept grant applications until January 31, 2022 for the purpose of improving the living environment of the townspeople.

[Subsidy target]
The roads covered by the subsidy fall under the following, and are limited to machines owned by the applicant (including borrowed machines) or consignment contracts (consignment to a person authorized by a public organization as a snow removal company. It is a road where snow is removed by).
(1) Of the routes certified as town roads, the roads where the town has not removed snow due to narrow width, etc.
(2) A road that can connect to snow removal routes such as public roads, and has 3 beneficiary units (those who are registered as residents in Niseko Town as of January 1 of the relevant year and who are residents or plan to live all year. Limited.) Roads that have more than that and have a snow removal extension of approximately 100 m or more, especially roads that the mayor admits to be equivalent to the town road.

[Amount of subsidy]
The amount of subsidy will be the amount obtained by multiplying 1,000 yen per 1 m of snow removal road extension as the basic subsidy amount, and the amount obtained by multiplying the subsidy rate by each of the following items will be delivered.
(1) If the applicant himself / herself removes snow from the town road under a consignment contract, it shall be within three-quarters of the basic subsidy amount. However, if the entrusted amount is less than the basic subsidy amount, it shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the entrusted amount by the subsidy rate.
(2) When snow is removed from the town road using a machine owned by the applicant, it shall be within half of the basic subsidy amount.
(3) If the applicant himself / herself removes snow from a road equivalent to a town road by a consignment contract, the amount shall be within two-thirds of the basic subsidy amount and the maximum amount shall be 300,000 yen. However, if the entrusted amount is less than the basic subsidy amount, it shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the entrusted amount by the subsidy rate.
(4) When snow is removed from a road equivalent to a town road using a machine owned by the applicant, the amount shall be within one-fourth of the basic subsidy amount and the maximum amount shall be 200,000 yen.

[Link to the guideline for snow removal costs for living roads * You can also download the application form below]