Ken-o Expressway (if Zhu detached central contact automobile) (Ken-O Road (Ken Odo)) Kawashima IC (Kawashima Interchange) - Okegawa Kitamoto IC (Okegawa Kitamoto Interchange)
We will inform you of the traffic conditions and the effect of maintenance after six months from the opening.

It was opened to traffic in March 2010 28 (Sunday) Ken-O Road for extended 5.7km of up to Kawashima IC ~ Okegawa Kitamoto IC, that it has compiled the development effect with the traffic situation after six months opened, and then let us know.

• It was opened in March 2010 28 days Ken-O Road average traffic volume of opening the second half year of between Kawashima IC ~ Okegawa Kitamoto IC is Approximately 7,000 units/day (7,800 units/day on holidays), steadily increasing.
• The traffic volume of Ken-O Road six months after opening compared to before opening About 43% increase between Tsurugashima JCT and Sakado IC, about 11% increase between Central Tsurugashima IC and Tsurugashima JCT doing.

• As a result of conducting a questionnaire survey to those who used the open section, The Okegawa Kitamoto IC usage area has spread greatly to the eastern part of Saitama Prefecture. With Approximately 50% of people answered that the destination has changed, for example, the number of opportunities to use the Expressway has increased, and about 20% of them have distant destinations. doing.
• Transportation of blood products for blood transfusion using Okegawa Kitamoto IC has occurred approximately 450 times within 5 months since opening, of which 4 emergency transportations have occurred. Ken-O Road O Expressway helps save lives.
• Expectation of economic ripple effect and increase of local employment as new companies expand around the Ken-O Road It has been.