Comfortable drive forecast for Golden Week [NEXCO EAST Version]
Congestion peaks due to holidays and homecoming may be from Saturday, May 3 to Monday, May 5.
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- Comfortable drive forecast for Golden Week [NEXCO EAST Version]
April 4, 2008
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Shigejiro Yagi) is during Golden Week (GW) [12 days from April 25, 2008 (Friday) to May 6, 2008 (Tuesday)]. We have summarized the traffic congestion forecast due to traffic concentration. GW is expected to have a long traffic jam, but you can avoid the traffic jam by shifting the day and time of use. You can check the traffic jam forecast on the NEXCO EAST information site "DraPla" and the "Traffic jam forecast guide" distributed at service areas, etc., so please use it to create a comfortable travel plan.
In addition, GW will cause more accidents and breakdowns during traffic congestion than usual, and it will further increase traffic congestion. Please drive safely and check the vehicle before driving.
If you use ETC, you can use various services such as time zone discounts, ETC mileage services, and smart interchanges. (For more information http://www.driveplaza.com/traffic/tolls_etc/ Please refer to the)
As a feature of this year's GW, traffic congestion due to holidays and homecoming, Out-bound to the direction in the May 3 (Saturday) and 4 (Sunday), In-bound May 4 days for the district (day) and 5 (Monday) It is predicted that it will occur frequently.
Heavy traffic longer than 30km is predicted at Tohoku Expressway and Kan-Etsu Expressway from May 3rd to 6th. Also, Tohoku Expressway In-bound Adachi Tara Service Area (SA) (Honmiya City, Fukushima Prefecture) and Tohoku Expressway Out-bound Yamato Interchange (IC) (Yamato Town, Miyagi Prefecture) etc. Even in places where there is not much traffic congestion, traffic congestion over 20 km is predicted. See Attachment-1 [PDF: 95KB]
At locations where long traffic jams are expected to occur, we will place instructors at rest facilities and at the sag section that is the main cause of traffic jams. *1 And In-bound is scheduled to perform "Providing speed recovery information by the LED display board" as congestion measures by the speed reduction at the slope.
- 1 In the good road that of the recess Out-bound from the hill In-bound the place to change the slope. Congestion is likely to occur due to speed reduction.
Predicted number of congestion occurrences of 10 km or more during peak hours (Friday, April 25, 2008 to Tuesday, May 6)
"Prediction of long traffic jam" *Predicted traffic length of 30km or more
| Direction | Road name | Peak date and time (prediction) | Traffic jam location | Congestion length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| going down | Tohoku Expressway | Saturday, May 3 Around 8:00 | Near the Hanyu parking area [Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture] | 35km |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, May 3 Around 7:00 | Near the Higashimatsuyama interchange [Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture] | 40km | |
| Tohoku Expressway | May 4th (Sun) Around 9:00 | Near the Hanyu parking area [Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture] | 40km | |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | May 4th (Sun) Around 8:00 | Near the Higashimatsuyama interchange [Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture] | 35km | |
| going up | Tohoku Expressway | May 5 (Mon) Around 18:00 | Near Yaita Interchange [Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture] | 35km |
| Tohoku Expressway | May 6 (Monday) Around 14:00 | Near Yaita Interchange [Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture] | 35km |
NEXCO EAST information site "DraPla" (http://www.driveplaza.com) Congestion forecast calendar The high-speed toll search provides detailed congestion forecasts. See Attachment-2 [PDF:205KB]
Sag part and In-bound in such as slope, speed is reduced to one not notice, this may be traffic congestion due to occur. In order to alleviate this traffic jam, we are requesting caution for speed reduction and speed recovery by utilizing the LED display board with excellent visibility. If there is a display panel below, be careful of the speed reduction.
~Requesting customers to drive safely~
Since GW will cause more accidents and breakdowns during traffic congestion than usual, and it will further increase traffic congestion. Please drive safely and check the vehicle before driving.
Also, please note the following while driving.
- Wear a seat belt even in the back seat!
- The ETC lane slows down to 20km/h or less, enters, and then passes slowly!
- Be careful of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam!
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