Additionally, in contrast to the new Shinkansen station to be jointly financed by Shiga Prefecture, Ritto City and other surrounding local governments, a new connecting station on the Kusatsu Line did not involve Shiga Prefecture (because the Shiga Prefecture considered that the construction of a new station on the Kusatsu Line should be included in the urban development of Ritto City); therefore, it was uncertain whether a new station would be built on the Kusatsu Line.
しかも、新幹線新駅が県と栗東市、周辺自治体の共同出資に対し、草津線接続新駅に滋賀県は関与しない（草津線新駅は栗東市の都市整備事業の中で行うべきもの）というスタンスだったため、今後草津線に新駅ができるかどうかは微妙である。