Free measures for mother and child evacuees due to nuclear accident

March 8 2024
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

In accordance with the law, the free assistance measures for mothers and children who have evacuated due to the nuclear accident have been extended until Monday, March 31, 2025.
(Reference: Reconstruction Agency press release dated March 8, 2024 (link))

  Free measures for mother and child evacuees due to nuclear accident
Implementation period Until Monday, March 31, 2020
Target person Those who have been issued a “certificate pertaining to mother-child/paternity evacuation, etc. and its movement route” (*)
  • Children are eligible for free treatment if they are "those who have passed the first March 31 after reaching the age of 18".
  • Regarding the issuance of the certificate, the municipality of the evacuation source in the target area (Appendix).
Target vehicle type Light vehicles, ordinary vehicles, medium-sized vehicles
* The use of large vehicles and oversized vehicles is not covered by the free measures.
Measures Tolls will be free if you use the IC (round trip) listed in the <use section within the route subject to free measures> in the "certificate for mother-child/father-child evacuation and its movement route".
  • If you get on and off in the middle of an IC, or if you drive beyond an IC, you will not be eligible for free measures. You will be required to pay for the entire distance traveled.
    (For usage examples,
    see [PDF: 80KB].)
Required document
  1. "Certificate of evacuation of mother and child/father and child and their movement route"
    For certificates for fiscal year 2023 (valid until March 31, 2024), the free toll discount will no longer be applied even if you present the certificate at the toll gate after April 1, 2024.
    Please be careful.
    If you wish to continue using the free service after April 1, 2024, please apply to the city or town from which you evacuated for a certificate for 2024 (valid until March 31, 2025) and use the certificate for 2024 that you are issued.
  2. Official documents that can be verified by the person himself/herself
    Driver's license/Passport/Basic Resident Register card with photo/Health insurance card/Pension book/Physical disability booklet/Rehabilitation booklet/Mental handicapped health and welfare booklet/Small boat operator's license/Marineer's booklet/Medical care for the elderly Health insurance card/Nursing care insurance card/Real estate brokerage card (former real estate transaction chief card)/Radio license/Personal number card with face photo (My number card)/Certificate of driving history
  • Both 1 and 2 must be originals. Copies are invalid.
How to pass At the entrance tollhouse, please pick up your toll ticket in the lane labeled "General", "ETC / General", "Support" or "ETC / Support".
At the exit tollhouse, hand the toll ticket to the staff in the lane labeled "General", "ETC / General", "Support" or "ETC / Support", present the required documents in the previous column, and then " Please tell us that you are a mother and child evacuees. Use with ETC is not eligible for free measures. In the lane labeled "ETC / General" or "ETC / Support", remove the ETC card from the in-vehicle device and enter the lane.
If the exit tollhouse is in the lane where the toll checker labeled "General checkout machine" is installed, use the call button or lever to call the staff.
If the exit tollhouse is a lane labeled "Support" or "ETC / Support", please inform the staff that you are a "mother and child evacuees, etc." using an intercom, etc.
 

(Appendix) Municipalities in the target area

Fukushima Prefecture Nakadori Fukushima City, Nihonmatsu City, Date City, Motomiya City, Kuwaori Town, Kunimi Town, Kawamata Town (*), Otama Village, Koriyama City, Sukagawa City, Tamura City (*), Kagamiishi Town, Tenei Village, Ishikawa Town, Tamagawa Village, Hirata Village, Asakawa Town, Furudono Town, Miharu Town, Ono Town, Shirakawa City, Saigo Village, Izumizaki Village, Nakajima Village, Yabuki Town, Tanagura Town, Ya Festival Town, Hanawa Town, Samegawa Village
Hamadori Soma City, Minamisoma City (*), Shinchi Town, Iwaki City
Miyagi Prefecture Marumori Town
(*) Warning area for nuclear accident Excludes locations that have been designated as special evacuation recommended locations.

Please note the use of free measures for mothers and children evacuees due to the nuclear accident

(Handling when a child "passes the first March 31st after reaching the age of 18")

  1. Children and their parents who have passed the first March 31 after reaching the age of 18 are not eligible for the free Expressway measures, so please return them to the municipality that issued the certificate.
    If the contents of the certificate are changed, it will be necessary to reissue the certificate, so please reapply to the municipality that issued the certificate.
  2. Those who already have a certificate and have returned to their home prior to the earthquake will not be eligible for free Expressway measures, so please return it to the municipality that issued the certificate.
    * For detailed procedures regarding certificate issuance, please contact the municipality that issued the certificate directly.

(About how to pass)

  1. ETC lanes are not available.
    * Please be sure to take a toll ticket at the entrance.
    * If you use the entrance in the ETC lane, it will not be free.
    * When using a mixed lane with "ETC / General" or "ETC / Support" displayed at the entrance, remove the ETC card from the in-vehicle device, enter the lane, and take the toll ticket. If you enter the lane with the ETC card inserted in the in-vehicle device, it will be treated as an ETC vehicle and will not be free.
  2. Smart ICs cannot be used.
  3. At the exit, present the necessary documents and tell the staff that you are a "mother and child evacuee".
  4. In the lane where the toll checker is installed, call the attendant by using the call button or lever.
  5. If the exit tollhouse is a lane labeled "Support" or "ETC / Support", please inform the staff that you are a "mother and child evacuees, etc." using an intercom, etc.
  6. Please be sure to show the original required documents. If you do not provide the required documents, it will not be free.
  7. There is no charge if the person in question is on board (not the driver).
  8. If you get on or off an IC other than those listed in "Certificates related to mother / child / father / child evacuation and its travel route", please pay the toll fee.
  9. If you use more than the IC section described in "Certificates related to mother / child / father / child evacuation and its travel route", you will have to pay the toll for all the sections you have traveled.
  10. Yamagata Expressway / Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway (Yudonoyama-Sakata Minato), Tokyo Outer Ring Road, Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway, Keiyo Road (Shinozaki-Makuhari), Shuto Expressway, Hitachi Naka Toll Road, Hitachi Toll Road, Daini Michinoku toll roads and Choshi access roads are not eligible for free measures.

Handling at the time of suspension of traffic for free measures for mother and child evacuees etc. due to nuclear accident

Image image 1 of the handling of road closures in the free measures for mothers and children evacuees from the nuclear accident
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Reference page

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