About the stock effect and traffic volume one and a half years after the opening of the entire Joban Expressway
～Continuous effect on Large business location and revitalizing tourism for reconstruction of local economy～
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- About the stock effect and traffic volume one and a half years after the opening of the entire Joban Expressway
* Stock effect: An effect that can be continuously obtained in the medium to long term by the functioning of the developed social capital.
December 20, 2016
Tohoku Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Miyagi Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture
Sendai city
East Japan Expressway Tohoku Regional Head Office
Stock effect
- Driving the recovery of the local economy by increasing corporate locations and Large employment [PDF: 1.2MB]
- Since 2009, when Yamamoto-Watari opened, the number of company locations has reached a record high.
- After January 2015,
Economic effects of business location along the Joban Expressway area: approx. 194 billion yen
Number of new employees due to business location in Hamadori, Fukushima: Approximately 1,500
- Fukushima/Miyagi tourism interchange population increases and induces great economic effect [PDF: 395KB]
- Joban Expressway In the main tourist areas along the line, the number of inbound tourists reached the highest level since the earthquake due to an increase in the number of visitors from outside the prefecture, and its economic effect was about 8 billion yen.
Traffic situation
- One and a half years after the opening of the traffic, the traffic volume remained firm even immediately after the opening [PDF: 881KB]
- Temporary 2-lane section (Iwaki Chuo-Iwanuma) has an average daily traffic volume of 8,800-20,900 vehicles/day
Joban Expressway Joban Tomioka IC-Namie IC (14.3km) was opened on March 1, 2015, and the Joban Expressway was opened approximately 350km (Tokyo-Sendai).
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