The Tokyo District Court on Monday rejected a request by local residents for an injunction to halt the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's expropriation of property for the construction of a contentious expressway project.

The move comes less than a week after the same court ruled that both the government's authorization of the Kenoudo Expressway project and the expropriation of land were illegal.

The same request had been granted by the district court in October, but was later overturned by the Tokyo High Court. The Supreme Court supported the high court decision in March.