Congestion prediction on Expressway during the year-end and New Year period [East Japan Expressway version]

[East Japan Expressway version]
Congestion due to U-turns such as homecoming concentrated on January 2 (Mon) and 3 (Tue)

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December 2, 2005
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

1 Congestion prediction

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A feature of East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. within the jurisdiction of the year-end and New Year holidays is that it is predicted that there will be a lot of traffic congestion on January 2 (Mon) and 3 (Tue) due to U-turns when returning home. In particular, on the In-bound side of Kan-Etsu Expressway, a large 25km traffic jam is predicted.

[Number of predicted congestion occurrences over 10 km (December 27, 2005-January 9, 2006)]

≪Particularly long traffic congestion prediction (locations where traffic congestion of 25 km or more is predicted)≫

Classification Road name Peak date and time (forecast) Traffic jam location Congestion length
(Km)
going up Kan-Etsu Expressway January 2 (Monday) 18:00 Near the Hanazono interchange
(Hanazono Town, Saitama Prefecture)
25
going up Kan-Etsu Expressway January 3 (Tue) 16:00 Near the Hanazono interchange
(Hanazono Town, Saitama Prefecture)
25
going up Kan-Etsu Expressway Monday, January 9, around 17:00 Near the Hanazono interchange
(Hanazono Town, Saitama Prefecture)
25

Even on the Out-bound side, a maximum of 20km of traffic is predicted.

2 Other

As we have already announced, we Tohoku Expressway Tsugaru SA Out-bound Line gas station on September 30th and the Kan-Etsu Expressway Shiozawa Ishiuchi Service Area (SA) Out-bound gas station on November 30th.

We ask our customers to refuel at the front SA (Tohoku Expressway: Hanawa SA, Kan-Etsu Expressway: Kamisato SA or Akagi Kogen SA).

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