Summer road safety campaign to be held in Niigata Prefecture

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July 15, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) will be conducting a summer traffic safety campaign at four service areas (SAs) and parking areas (PAs) on Expressway within Niigata Prefecture, coinciding with the summer traffic accident prevention campaign which will be held from Wednesday, July 22nd to Friday, July 31st, 2026.
In this campaign, we will cooperate with relevant organizations, including the Niigata Prefectural Police Expressway Traffic Police Unit, to call on customers to practice traffic safety and aim to prevent traffic accidents.

Date and time place Participant Characters Management office in charge and contact information
Wednesday, July 22nd 11:00-12:00 E8 Hokuriku Out-bound Kurosaki Parking Area (Outbound) Highway Ambassador (※1)
Manatee (※2)
新潟管理事務所
Tel.025-287-4411
Thursday, July 23rd, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM E8 Hokuriku Expressway Yoneyama Service Area (In-bound) 長岡管理事務所
Tel.025-846-5751
July 24th (Friday) 10:30 - 11:30 E8 Hokuriku Out-bound Nadachi Tanihama Service Area (Outbound) 上越管理事務所
Tel.025-522-1141
July 28th (Tue) 11:00-12:00 E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway Etsu Expressway Shiozawa-Ishiuchi Service Area (In-bound) 湯沢管理事務所
Tel.025-784-3921

Due to stormy weather, etc., the schedule or content may change.

  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

Photo of the flare ignition experience
Flame tube ignition experience
Photo with the participation of Manatee
Manatee participation
Image of a police car/patrol vehicle on display.
Police cars and patrol vehicles on display

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

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