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An opening ceremony for the loading route was held at the Iki site - Newsletter from the site August issue-1

Iki Ashibe inclined shaft open entrance way

On August 6th, a ceremony was held at the Iki Ashibe Diagonal Mine site to open the access road for construction vehicles and other equipment for the construction of the mine entrance. This was a celebration to celebrate the completion of the construction of the access road, which had been carried out twice in September of last year and in April of this year (previously reported). The access road has begun operating, and construction work to install the mine entrance will finally begin.

 

In the heat of over 35 degrees Celsius, a ceremony to open the loading route was held at 7:30 in the morning at the Umanose site in Ashibe.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was first held by Hirofumi Sato, chairman of the foundation, and the directors of Karatsu and Tsushima, while local officials also rushed to celebrate. Afterwards, Director Seihachi Matsumura and Iki said in a progress report, ``We were able to prepare the highway site the fastest among all the highway sites.We came up with this site as a candidate and the deal was finalized in just one week, and the site was exactly the one that was prepared. "A few days later, I was approached by a major hotel in Tokyo to purchase it, and it feels like just yesterday that I felt a strange sense of miracle."

 

Chairman Sato also stated that this access road had been named "Mitsuno Road" in order to express his gratitude to Norichaka Mitsuno, a member of the Foundation who has contributed to the construction of this access road, and expressed his gratitude. I sent a letter. Counselor Mitsuno said, ``Two years from now, the Tokyo Olympics will be held.After that, Japan's national project will be an international highway and the Japan-Korea Tunnel.There is a fishing port right next to this place, and it is also promising as a marina.The tunnel entrance will finally be constructed in the best location. I'm glad that it's about to begin," he said encouragingly. The ceremony ended with three chants of Banzai, praying for the safety of future construction work.

 

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[Photo] Ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening. Construction vehicles, including 10-ton trucks, are finally passing through this area on their way to the mine entrance construction.

 

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[Photo] With the planned mine entrance in the background, the access road was named "Mitsuno Road" in honor of those who contributed.

 

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