News of bird house setting society and working car tour held

~ Install a birdhouse made in winter with elementary school students on the Expressway~

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May 28, 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office Obihiro management office

NEXCO EAST Obihiro Management Office (Otofuke Town, Kato District) invites children from Ikeda Elementary School to hold "Bird House Installation Meeting" and "Expressway Working Car Tour / Quiz Tournament" .

Photo 1 of Bird House Installation Meeting
Photo of a working car tour 1

1 date and time

June 6 (Thursday) 10:00 to 12:30

From 10:00 to 10:55 Bird house setting society
10: 55 ~ 12: 30 Car tour and quiz tournament working on Expressway

2 participants

Ikeda Municipal Ikeda Elementary School 4th grade 30 children

3 cooperating organizations

Non profit organization feathered friend (Obihiro City)

4 Implementation contents

  1. Bird house setting meeting
    On February 25, the children's own birdhouse will be set up on the E38 Doto Expressway (Doto Expressway) Osarushi PA (In-bound line, Sapporo area).
  2. Car tours and quiz competitions working on the Expressway
    NEXCO EAST Otofuke Management Office (Doto Expressway Otofuke Obihiro IC), you will visit working vehicles such as snowplows that are actually used and the disaster prevention measures room.
    After that, Expressway and driving manners in a quiz format.

5 Other

It will be postponed in case of rain.

[About Birdhouse Initiatives]

The bird house installation effort is to create an ingenious Western-style birdhouse under a local expert group and install it in the SA / PA to provide elementary school students along the Expressway with an opportunity to have fun and interact with nature. Is intended for.

Even after the birdhouse is installed, elementary school students will be interested in whether their birdhouse is used for wild birds, etc., and it will be an opportunity for their families to visit SA / PA and to experience nature again when traveling. We hope that you will get familiar with the Expressway.

This activity started in 2005 and will be the 15th year this year. So far, more than 2,600 birdhouses have been produced, some of which are installed in SA / PA.

State of the past

  • Bird house setting society
Photo 2 of Bird House Installation Meeting
Photo 3 of Bird House Installation Meeting
Photo 4 of Bird House Installation Meeting
Photo 5 of Bird House Installation Meeting
  • Working car tour
Photo of a working car tour 2
Photo of a working car tour 3
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