About Tohoku Regional Head Office "Winter Traffic Security Emergency Response Headquarters"

This winter, the Tohoku region is in a serious situation with record heavy snowfall, which has an impact on the local economy. However, at the Tohoku Regional Head Office of East Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. To further secure road management, we established the "Winter Traffic Security Emergency Countermeasures Headquarters" on January 6th.

Currently, about 500 snow removal vehicles owned by our Regional Head Office and cooperating companies are operating 24 hours a day as a snow removal response at the time of snow removal, etc. such as improve the exchange of information with the arrangement and related organizations that corresponds to the situation Regional Head Office will respond in full force of.

1 Snowfall (as of the end of December)

The average amount of accumulated snowfall at the end of December at the 16 main points on the Tohoku Expressway was 111 cm last year, but this year it has tripled to 335 cm.
　(Yamagata Prefecture Gassan IC 10.4m, Iwate Prefecture Yuda IC 7.0m, Iwate Prefecture Ryugamori neighborhood 5.8m, Fukushima Iizaka IC 1.3m, etc.)

2 Operation status of snow removal machine (as of the end of December)

Tohoku Regional Head Office dispatch number of times of the snow removal machine in the tube has become a 2.2 times of last year a total of 13,000 times (6,000 times last year), also, Tohoku Regional Head Office is the office between the mutual support of the snow removal vehicle in the tube in the January 5, 2009 , a total of 20 times "36 units" it is (last year twice "five") reached.

3 Status of snow removal at Tohoku Regional Head Office (as of January 5)

If there is a traffic obstruction such as a roadblock on a Expressway, we have a “warning system”, and if there is a wide area or a long time, we have an “emergency system”. I am.

Request from Tohoku Regional Head Office East Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.

The Tohoku Regional Head Office of East Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. is striving for snow removal work so that customers can drive safely and comfortably, but traffic accidents on snowy roads are endless.

The snowy roads are slippery, and sudden braking, steering, etc. are very dangerous. Sometimes, even if you follow the rules, a car that violates the rules can cause an accident. Keep a sufficient distance between cars, reduce your speed, and drive safely.

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