Yokosuka PA will be reborn as "eco PA"

~Inviting Mayor Yokosuka to hold reopening ceremony~

March 19, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo, Regional Head Office length: Shinichi Ishikawa) is, Yokohama Yokosuka Road and carried out the renovation to Yokosuka parking area of the (PA) as "eco-PA", and soon the completion of construction ..

Along with this, we invite Mayor of Yokosuka Mayor Yoshida on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 and hold "Yokosuka "eco PA" reopening ceremony" in Yokosuka PA (Out-bound line). Children from Yokosuka Municipal Hirasaku Elementary School will also be invited to the ceremony, and in addition to commemorative tree planting and birdhouse installation, environmental learning will be carried out through eco-friendly quizzes.

In addition, Yokosuka PA has been developing "Biotope" and "Fureai no Mori" in consideration of the natural environment from the beginning of construction, but with the renovation this time, we actively introduced environment-friendly technology, It will be reborn as a PA that allows customers to experience the environment.

Eco-friendly technology of Yokosuka "Eco PA"

  • "Heat-shielding pavement" "Water-retaining block" that suppresses the rise in road surface
  • "Green walls" that suppress the temperature rise inside the building
  • "Solar power generation" and "LED lighting" in the toilet using that power
  • In-store lighting to be "LED" to reduce power consumption
  • "Water-saving toilet bowl" that can reduce the amount of water used
  • Use of "pure water" to reduce the amount of water used in the toilet (existing)
  • "Quick charger for electric vehicles"

We, so far also "environmentally friendly Expressway," "continue to co-exist in harmony with roadside living environment and the natural environment Expressway but we have been aiming for", we will also promote initiatives with an emphasis on the environment from now on ..

Maintenance image of Yokosuka eco-parking area [PDF: 183KB]

For those of you who can interview this ceremony, please fill in the necessary items on the attached "Application for Interview", By noon on Tuesday, April 6, Please reply by fax. (On the day of the event, we will pick-up and drop the people involved in the media by bus.)

Yokosuka "Eco PA" Renewal Opening Ceremony and "Application Form for Coverage" [PDF: 58KB]

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