Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
This year's record-breaking heavy snowfall in Fukui Prefecture.
Things have gotten completely out of hand.
This is really tough!
And then, there was this article in this morning's news.
This is truly heartbreaking news.
Our team is working hard in Fukui Prefecture!
I hope you'll take it easy.
I hope there's something I can do to help, even if it's just a little...
If you make a wrong move, you might end up causing trouble, so in situations like this, it’s best to stay out of the way and wait.
If there are any requests for emergency construction work in Fukui Prefecture, please contact us and we’ll be there.
Anyone who’s ever shoveled snow knows exactly what I mean—it’s truly hell!
I live in the Tokai region, but I used to work in the mountainous areas of Gifu and in Niigata, so when I was younger, every winter...
We did this especially for emergency construction projects, and it was common to spend three hours shoveling snow just to get the formwork set up first thing in the morning.
Shoveling snow to find a slope is just part of the job.
And man, snow is so heavy! Snow shovels are light, but snow is heavy lol
When I heard that the Self-Defense Forces cleared a 1.5-kilometer stretch of snow in a single night during the recent heavy snowfall in Fukui, I couldn’t help but wonder, “Are they superhuman?”
I was really surprised!
Covering 1.5 km through an unbelievable amount of snow at an incredibly fast pace.
But it’s always the people who’ve never even tried it who end up criticizing it, isn’t it?
Honestly, watching the news just makes me so annoyed.
Critics are saying things like, “With all this heavy snow, why hasn’t the snow been cleared yet? What are the construction companies doing?”
Under the Koizumi reforms, public works spending was cut by about half.
As a result, there has been a decrease in pavement repair work on roads other than main roads.
Slope stabilization is focused primarily on major roads, while sparsely populated areas are left untreated, with H-beam sheet piles installed instead.
When that happens, critics like the ones mentioned above will just start criticizing again, lol.
"Why aren't they plowing the snow when there's a wheel loader right over there?" and so on...
On days when it looks like it might freeze, the local contractor that won the road maintenance bid spreads calcium chloride at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m.
You just don't know about that kind of daily effort, do you?
Just the fact that we're all supported by someone—myself included.
And they say that as if to imply, “But we’re paying taxes, after all,” lol
Well, a certain number of Japanese citizens do pay taxes, lol.
Well, there's nothing to do but ignore people who say that, and,
Unless the government increases funding for public works projects, this difficult situation will not change.
Public works projects are essential to our comfortable lifestyle today!
You wouldn't want the road to be damaged, would you? If the road collapses, it's better to fix it, right?
More, more public works projects!(Oops, did my inner thoughts slip out...? lol)
The title is a bit harsh, but you have a point.
See you later.
