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Construction Costs for the New Base in Henoko Are Skyrocketing; Repeated Contract Changes Risk Distorting the Bidding Process; Experts Say "the Increase Is Extremely Unusual" and "the Estimates Are Too lenient."
The construction costs for the new base in Henoko, Nago City, have skyrocketed due to repeated contract amendments. For the C1 seawall construction in the Oura Bay area, where soft ground is widespread, the cost has tripled from the initial 2023 contract to 78 billion yen. These contract amendments are made between the contractors and the Ministry of Defense. This denies the principles of competition and risks distorting the bidding system, whic…
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The construction costs for the new base in Henoko, Nago City, have skyrocketed due to repeated contract amendments. For the C1 seawall construction in the Oura Bay area, where soft ground is widespread, the cost has tripled from the initial 2023 contract to 78 billion yen. These contract amendments are made between the contractors and the Ministry of Defense. This denies the principles of competition and risks distorting the bidding system, whic…