About holding of 2006 snow and ice work dispatch ceremony

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November 21, 2006
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office Chiba Management Office

NEXCO EAST Chiba Management Office (Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Director: Takashi Sato) allows customers to pass safely on the following sections of the Higashi-Kanto Expressway, Shin-Kuko Expressway, and Keiyo Road even when the road surface freezes or snow falls. As a whole, the office has established a snow and ice countermeasure period (December 1, 2006-March 31, 2007) to carry out snow and ice countermeasures such as snow removal.

We would like to inform you that at the beginning of the snow and ice countermeasure period, the personnel involved in the snow and ice countermeasure work will be dispatched as follows.

1. Date and time

Tuesday, November 28, 2006, 10:00-11:00
※Rain or shine

2. Place

NEXCO EAST Chiba Management Office (Chiba Kita IC, East Kanto Road)
(177 Naganumahara-machi, Inage-ku, Chiba)

3. Participants

NEXCO EAST Chiba Management Office
Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters Transportation Department Expressway Traffic Police Corps
Snow and ice work affiliates, etc.

4. Implementation details

Approximately 50 people involved in snow and ice work and about 15 snow and ice work vehicles will gather to hold a ceremony to pray for safety during the snow and ice work period.

  1. Snow and ice traffic safety prayer 10:00 to 10:50
  2. Snow and ice countermeasure work vehicle departure ceremony 10:50~11:00
    (Demonstration on site)

5. Management section

Higashi-Kanto Expressway Ichikawa JCT-Itako IC
Shin-Kuko Expressway Narita IC-New Airport IC
Keiyo Road Ichinoe-Anakawa

6. Last year's implementation status (photo)

Image of last year's implementation (photo)