Congestion prediction of Expressway during Golden Week [NEXCO EAST version]
Congestion peaks due to holidays and homecoming may be from Thursday, May 3 to Saturday, May 5.
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April 4, 2007
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Shigejiro Yagi) is our business area during the Golden Week period (April 25, 2007 (Wednesday) to May 8, 2007 (Tuesday)). We have compiled a traffic jam forecast based on the concentration of traffic on the Expressway.
Please use it for travel planning, such as shifting the time when traffic congestion is predicted.
NEXCO EAST As a feature of this year's Golden Week in the business area, congestion due to holidays and homecoming, It is predicted that Out-bound will occur on Thursday, May 3rd, and In-bound, on Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th.
Big traffic jam of more than 30km is, Out-bound in the direction Kan-Etsu Expressway, etc. near the Garden Interchange (Saitama Prefecture, Fukaya City), In-bound in the direction Tohoku Expressway is expected in the vicinity of the interchange sheet pile (Tochigi Prefecture Yaita). (See next page)
In addition, Tohoku Expressway Out-bound like Adatara service area near the (Fukushima Motomiya), even in less congestion does not occur location is usually, there is a place to pass the time required is expected to increase usually 30 minutes or more than that at the time of the traffic jam.
At locations where heavy traffic is expected to occur, temporary information boards will be installed and guides will be placed at interchanges and rest facilities to reduce congestion.
Predicted number of congestion occurrences of 10 km or more during peak hours (Wednesday, April 25, 2007 to Tuesday, May 8, 2007)
*Estimated number of times of congestion for each day is aggregated on the day when congestion starts.
Congestion forecast information is announced in the "Expressway Information Site Doranavi" and "Congestion Prediction Guide (distributed by SA etc.)" and is used by many customers. During Golden Week last year, there was a traffic congestion relief effect due to the dispersion of traffic congestion.
(For the utilization status of traffic congestion prediction information, Attachment-2 [PDF: 1.4MB] (See)
We will continue to promote traffic congestion countermeasures and provide detailed traffic congestion forecast information promptly. Please continue to use it for your travel planning.
In addition, NEXCO EAST, in cooperation with the Japan Road Traffic Information Center, provides the same information as the traffic congestion forecast announced in "DoraNavi" to private information providers, etc. We are trying to make it visible to everyone.
Prediction of traffic congestion of 30 km or more at peak
| Direction *1 | Road name | Peak date and time (forecast) | Traffic jam location | Congestion length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| going down | Tohoku Expressway | Thursday, May 3 6:00 *2 | Near the Kamikawachi service area (Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture) | 40km |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Thursday, May 3 9:00 | Near the Hanazono interchange (Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture) | 55km | |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Friday, May 4th, around 8:00 | Near the Takasaka service area (Sakado City, Saitama Prefecture) | 30km | |
| going up | Tohoku Expressway | Friday, May 4th, around 18:00 | Near Yaita Interchange (Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture) | 30km |
| Tohoku Expressway | Saturday, May 5, around 17:00 | Near Yaita Interchange (Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture) | 35km |
*1 Out-bound from Tokyo to Sendai/Niigata, In-bound from Sendai/Niigata to Tokyo
*2 Congestion is expected to start around 22:00 on May 2 (Wednesday).
~ Request to customers ~
- Wear a seat belt even in the back seat!
- Be careful of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam!
- Secure the load firmly and recheck before departure!
- Be sure to insert the ETC card!
- The ETC lane slows down to 20km/h or less, enters, and then passes slowly!
- Let's keep safe speed Decelerate sufficiently before the curve or JCT!
- Should an accident or failure occur, evacuate to a safe place immediately!
- Use the emergency road dial "#9910" to report any abnormalities on the road!
- Take a moderate break and drive safely!
·Related Links
- Congestion prediction guide
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