About the Hokkaido Cross-Island Expressway

Regarding the decision to start a new business on General National Route 5 (Hokkaido Transverse Expressway) Rankoshi Kutchan Road (Niseko - Kutchan)
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has announced the following:

The following is the Hokkaido Transverse Expressway Kuromatsunai-Otaru Construction Promotion Inauguration Meeting
Comment from member Kenya Katayama (Niseko Town) (around the end of R6.4.1)
 
Today, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced the decision to launch a new project in FY2020 regarding General National Route 5 (Hokkaido Transverse Expressway) Rankoshi-Kutchan Road (Niseko-Kutchan).
General National Route 5 (Hokkaido Transverse Expressway) Rankoshi-Kutchan Road is a road that contributes to securing a highly reliable road network for emergency, medical, and disaster prevention.
This is also the result of a joint effort by the members of the Hokkaido Transversal Expressway Kuromatsunai-Otaru Construction Promotion Committee and the Shishi region, and we would like to express our gratitude to the members of the Diet, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and others who have worked hard to date. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those who supported me.
Niseko Town will continue to work with all the townspeople to promote the development of General National Route 5 (Hokkaido Transverse Expressway) Rankoshi-Kutchan Road (Niseko-Kutchan) and to form a high-standard road network from Kuromatsunai to Otaru. We will continue to work on it.

Regarding the initiation of evaluation procedures for new business selection on General National Route 5 (Hokkaido Transverse Expressway) Rankoshi-Kutchan Road (Niseko-Kutchan)
We would like to inform you that on March 1, 2020, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism made the following announcement.

The following is the Hokkaido Transverse Expressway Kuromatsunai-Otaru Construction Promotion Inauguration Meeting
Comment from member Kenya Katayama (Niseko Town) (R6.3.1)
 
Today, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced that it will begin evaluation procedures for new project selection for General National Route 5 (Hokkaido Transverse Expressway) Rankoshi-Kutchan Road (Niseko - Kutchan).
General National Route 5 (Hokkaido Transverse Expressway) Rankoshi-Kutchan Road promotes tourism by improving delivery speed to the international tourist resort "Niseko" and supports emergency medical care activities by improving delivery speed and safety to higher-level medical facilities. This road contributes to securing alternative roads in the event of large-scale disasters and ensuring a highly reliable road network that functions even in times of disaster.
In Niseko Town, we have launched the ``Hokkaido Transversal Expressway Kuromatsunai-Otaru Construction Promotion Committee'' with the municipalities along the line, and have been appealing to related government ministries and members of the Diet for early commercialization. We are very pleased that we have made great progress toward commercialization of our new business.
In the future, we will continue to work with all the townspeople to create a high-standard road network from Kuromatsunai to Otaru.