The E4 Tohoku Expressway "Oshu Smart Interchange" will open on Saturday, April 21st.

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This time, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture and NEXCO EAST Kitakami Management Office (Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture) have been promoting the maintenance. E4 Tohoku Expressway We would like to inform you that the Oshu Smart Interchange (IC) will open on Saturday, April 21st.

The Oshu Smart IC was developed as an ETC IC that is directly connected to the main line and is located near the center of Oshu City. (1) Revitalization of local industries by streamlining logistics, (2) Access to emergency medical facilities It is hoped that the improvement of the lifesaving rate and (3) the convenience of residents and visitors will be improved.

1 Opening date

Saturday, April 21, 2018

2 Installation location

position:

Tohoku Expressway Hiraizumi Maesawa IC and Mizusawa IC (connect to Tohoku Expressway main line)

location:

Oyama-shi, Iwate Prefecture Ozawa-shi, Oyama, Tsukino (In-bound) Iwate Prefecture Oshu-shi, Isawa-ku, Oyama, Sasamori (Out-bound)

3 operating hours

24hours

4 Operation form

Temporary stop type full inter format

5 Target vehicles

All models equipped with ETC in-vehicle device

6 Other

Details regarding the opening ceremony and opening hours will be announced separately.
* The schedule may change if construction is delayed due to bad weather.

7 Location map

Oshu smart IC location map

　　

8 Expected maintenance effect

(1) Revitalization of local industries by streamlining logistics

In the field of agriculture, which is Oshu's core industry, we are aiming to improve logistics efficiency and improve user convenience by shortening shipping time from the collection and shipping facility for agricultural and livestock products to the Kanto area and improving accessibility from large-scale direct production facilities. It is possible.

In addition, since there are many manufacturing and processing companies around smart ICs, it is expected that productivity improvement such as the import of raw materials and materials used by these companies and the export of processed products will lead to the revitalization of local industries.

Oshu city has the highest agricultural production value in the prefecture, and rice production value is always high.

Not only the rice is shipped, but also pepper, which is a specialty of local Isawa, and Oshu beef are shipped to markets nationwide.

In addition, the local agricultural cooperative corporation has been conducting contract cultivation with confectionery makers since 2013, and the demand for it grows year by year, and it is shipped to factories in the Kanto area.

Companies bring in materials from the Kanto area and ship manufactured / processed products to the Kanto area, and even now, Expressway are frequently used.

Since food processing and manufacturing companies also ship to the Tohoku and Kanto areas, as well as within the prefecture, it can be considered that the benefits of shortening the transportation time by developing smart ICs are great.

The factory of the garment processing company has launched its own brand, and its demand is increasing.

(2) Improving the lifesaving rate by improving accessibility to emergency medical facilities

It takes 16 hours to deliver a critically ill patient from the "Prefectural Isawa Hospital", the second emergency medical institution in the city, to the "Iwate Advanced Emergency Medical Center (Iwate Medical University Hospital)," the third emergency medical institution. It is expected that the lifesaving rate will be improved by shortening the minutes (63 minutes ⇒ 47 minutes).

　　

(3) Improvement of convenience for residents and visitors

As smart ICs are installed near the center of the city, it is expected that convenience will be improved for commuting, shopping and travel using Expressway to neighboring cities, towns, and merchandise trading at business establishments.

In addition, it is expected that the convenience of visitors to events such as events in the city center and tourists and green tourism utilizing the natural environment such as scattered groups, Isawa dam, and Yakeishi climbing located in the western part of the smart IC will be improved. Therefore, it is expected that the number of visitors will increase, and the vitalization of the local community is expected.

The south side of Oshu City Hall is a relatively new emerging residential area, and smart ICs will be installed near the city area to contribute to the convenience of residents such as commuting, shopping, and traveling, and from the south of the city. It is expected to be used by inviting visitors and tourists to the city center.

Tourism resources around smart IC

　　

9 How to use smart IC

　　

10 Tohoku Expressway Oshu Smart IC Toll

(Unit: Yen)

• The distance from the Kawaguchi JCT starting point of the Tohoku Expressway is displayed.

[Discount application conditions]

Midnight discount: All models that drive on the Expressway at midnight (0-4)
Holiday discounts: Light vehicles, etc., and ordinary vehicles that pass through rural Expressway weekends and holidays

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