About 70 percent of the reclamation site was found to have soft ground.
その埋め立て用地の7割ほどに、軟弱地盤があることが分かりました。
The central government looked to revise the original plan to solidify the area. But the prefecture refused to approve the revision and the reclamation work stopped.
The central government issued a directive last year for the Okinawa government to approve the revision. But the prefecture filed a suit against the directive, saying it was illegal.