 On 28 November of that year, the newly re-elected mayor Seki announced that groundbreaking on the Imazato – Yuzato Rokuchōme extension, planned for 2006 with a 2016 opening, would be put on hold indefinitely due to the fiscal situation in Osaka.Because of this, the application for permission to start construction has been postponed.If the northern half opened in 2006 were to provide favorable ridership figures, the southern extension would have a chance of going on as planned.