In March 2026, Yamada IC, Okegawa Kitamoto IC, and Wako IC will become ETC-only toll gates.

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NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture) is pleased to announce that from March 2026, it will begin operating ETC-only toll gates at some interchanges (hereinafter referred to as "ICs") on the E82 Chiba-Togane Road (hereinafter referred to as "Ken-O Road"), C4 Ken-o Expressway (hereinafter referred to as "Ken-O Expressway"), and C3 Gaikan Expressway (hereinafter referred to as "Outer Ring Expressway").
We will continue to Large the introduction of ETC-only toll booths.

1. Tollgate to start operation as ETC-only tollgate

2. Location map

3. Information on ETC toll booths

In conjunction with the start of operation of ETC-only toll gates, "ETC Only" signs will be installed on guide signs on general roads near interchanges to inform users that they will need to use ETC toll gates with vehicles equipped with ETC.

• The above are signs for Bando IC and Misato Minami IC, which have begun operation as ETC-only toll gates.

4. How to use ETC toll gates

Please use ETC vehicles.
If you enter an ETC toll gate when ETC cannot be used (e.g., when the ETC on-board unit is not installed or the ETC card is not inserted), do not back up; instead, go through the lane marked "ETC/Support" or "Support", stop temporarily, and follow the on-site signs and instructions of the attendants.
When ETC lanes are closed due to facility inspections, etc., ETC-equipped vehicles should also use the support lanes.

For details on how to use the service, please visit NEXCO EAST official website "DraPla."

• The above is a photo of Bando IC, which has begun operation as an ETC-only toll gate.

The NEXCO EAST Group has positioned the period from 2021 to 2025 as "a period that contributes to the achievement of the SDGs and transforms into a new future society," and is making various efforts.
Of this time Efforts to "make tollhouses cashless and touchless by dedicating ETC, etc." about, Improving customer productivity by reducing congestion, etc. SDGs goals as business activities that lead to Nos. 3, 8 and 9 We believe that it will contribute to.

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