About power saving measures on Expressway

March 15, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

Regarding power saving efforts on Expressway, NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will implement the following power saving measures starting today from the 15th, following the government's policy on power shortage.

Expressway

Expressway out of the road lighting, except for the lighting that is safe on a particular need, is performed sequentially off. In addition, lighting will be reduced in each tunnel.

Commercial facility

In addition to reviewing the business hours of commercial facilities, we will reduce the amount of indoor lighting.

In addition, we will suspend the use of some equipment such as air towels for the toilet, and reduce the lighting.

Requests to customers using the Expressway

Expressway We ask our customers to be available is, so far as compared to the road lighting, you may feel the difference between light and shade. Please exercise caution when driving in a tunnel or turning on the lights early in the evening. In addition, we will save a lot of power at the rest facilities, so we ask for your understanding and cooperation in using this service.

Future plans will be announced on the NEXCO EAST website at any time.