Updated Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment plan to maintain extra timber

Developers 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 building from the park’s iconic rows of ginkgo timber.

The revisions got here following a request from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for the developer to evaluate its tree preservation strategies made final September. The felling of timber and elements 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 numerous opinions we’ve got obtained to this point (concerning the venture) and are persevering with to look into what we are able to do along with what we’ve got deliberate to this point to protect the beloved greenery of Jingu Gaien for the long run in an much more engaging kind,” stated Masato Tainaka, a consultant of Mitsui Fudosan — the lead developer within the venture — at a information convention the corporate held on Monday.