Expressway traffic during the year-end and New Year period [Hokkaido version]

"Wednesday, December 24, 2008-Sunday, January 4, 2009: 12 days"

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January 5, 2009
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Sapporo Atsubetsu-ku, Regional Head Office length: Hiromi Yamamoto) is, in the Hokkaido in the year-end and New Year period Expressway for the traffic conditions, was summarized as follows.

Number of units used during one period

Average number of units used per day About 103,000 units And compared to last year 5.1% decrease Did.

Compared to last year, it seems to have decreased due to more road closures due to snowstorms.

In addition, comparison excluding December 26, 2008, which was closed for a long time due to snowstorm, increased by 1.6% from the previous year.

[Number of units used per day]

Expressway meter This year Last year YoY
103,354 108,911 94.9%
Do-O Expressway 65,296 68,544 95.3%
Sasson Expressway 32,786 35,093 93.4%
Doto Expressway 5,273 5,274 100.0%
  • Last year: 12 days from December 26, 2007 (Wednesday) to January 6, 2008 (Sunday)

Image image of daily changes in the number of vehicles used (Hokkaido Regional Head Regional Head Office total)

2 congestion

There was one congestion over 1km, which was one increase compared to last year (0).

At the beginning of the Sapporo Minami Interchange on the Do-O Expressway Saturday, December 27, the congestion length at peak time (around 14:02) was 3.0 km. This is due to a traffic jam on the closed road for accidents.

[Number of traffic jams]

Congestion extension this year last year Year-on-year
Over 1km of traffic Once 0 times +1 time