Builders accountable for the redevelopment of the historic Meiji Jingu Gaien district in central Tokyo have introduced revisions to their plans, which included a discount within the numbers of timber they plan to chop down, a rise within the quantity to be newly planted, in addition to additional distancing development from the park’s iconic rows of ginkgo timber.
The revisions got here following a request from the Tokyo Metropolitan Authorities for the developer to assessment its tree preservation strategies made final September. The felling of timber and components of the venture have been halted for the previous yr whereas the builders labored on a revision, which the businesses submitted to the metropolitan authorities on Monday morning.
“All of us builders have taken critically the various opinions we’ve obtained thus far (in regards to the venture) and are persevering with to look into what we will do along with what we’ve deliberate thus far to protect the beloved greenery of Jingu Gaien for the longer term in an much more engaging kind,” mentioned Masato Tainaka, a consultant of Mitsui Fudosan — the lead developer within the venture — at a information convention the corporate held on Monday.
