Winter Traffic Safety Campaign to be Held in Niigata Prefecture

~The event will be held at four SAs and PAs to prevent traffic accidents~

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December 4, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) will be holding a winter traffic safety campaign at four service areas (SA) and parking areas (PA) on Expressway within the prefecture in conjunction with the winter traffic accident prevention campaign, which will be held from Thursday, December 11th to Saturday, December 20th, 2025.
This campaign will involve cooperation with relevant organizations, including the Niigata Prefectural Police Expressway Traffic Police Unit, to encourage safe driving on Expressway in winter.

Date and time place Participants and characters Management office in charge and contact information
December 11th (Thurs) 10:00-11:00 E8 Hokuriku Out-bound Nadachi Tanihama Service Area (Outbound) Highway Ambassador (※1)
Manatee (*2)
or sand lance shark
Joetsu Management Office
TEL 025-522-1141
December 11th (Thurs) 15:30-16:30 E8 Hokuriku Out-bound Kurosaki Parking Area (Outbound) Niigata Management Office
TEL 025-287-4411
Wednesday, December 17th 10:30-11:30 E8 Hokuriku Expressway Yoneyama Service Area (In-bound) Nagaoka Management Office
TEL 0258-46-5751
December 18th (Thurs) 11:00-12:00 E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway Shiozawa Ishiuchi SA (Out-bound) Yuzawa Management Office
TEL 025-784-3921
  • Due to bad weather or other reasons, the schedule and content may change, and the participants and characters may differ.
  1. PR ambassador for traffic safety awareness selected by the Niigata Prefecture Expressway Safety Council
  2. NEXCO EAST 's manners improvement character

State of past campaign

Photograph of distribution of traffic safety awareness booklets, etc.
Distribution of traffic safety awareness booklets, etc.
Image of the working vehicle exhibition
Exhibition of working vehicles
Commemorative photo with a manatee
Commemorative photo with manatees

Main participating institutions

Niigata Prefectural Police Headquarters Traffic Department Expressway Traffic Police Corps
Niigata Prefectural Expressway Traffic Safety Council (including Highway Ambassador)
NEXCO EAST Group

Please register to NEXCO EAST official SNS account.

  • NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office Official X (old Twitter) @e_nexco_niigata
    We provide information on traffic jams, road closures, and driving/travel information in Niigata Prefecture.
  • NEXCO EAST Official LINE Account
    @e-nexco
    We are providing information via LINE throughout NEXCO EAST area. We provide information that is useful for driving on winter roads, such as road closure forecasts and road images, so please add us as a friend using the QR code.
    Two-dimensional code image link to LINE official account “NEXCO EAST” (external link)
    NEXCO東日本
    LINE公式アカウント 二次元コード

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.
We believe that the implementation of this "Winter Traffic Safety Campaign" will contribute to the SDGs targets 3 and 17 as business activities that will lead to the reduction of casualties due to traffic accidents.

Image of SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS logo and SDGs target 3rd and 17th logos
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