Free measures for Expressway Tohoku region Handling after April

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March 22, 2012
East Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.

The following is the handling of free measures for Expressway Tohoku region after April.

1 Support for people evacuated due to the nuclear accident

We will continue to review the support provided to those who have been evacuated due to the nuclear accident.

Implementation period: Own) Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 0:00
To) Sunday, September 30, 2012 24:00

(Note) For details of the review, etc. Attachment 1 , Attachment 2 , Attachment 3 Please refer to.

2 Other

Support for disaster-stricken areas, tourism promotion, and support for people who have been evacuated except for nuclear accidents will end by March 31, 2012 (Saturday).
(Note) For points to keep in mind, Attachment 4 Please refer to.

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Attachment 1 Free measures for Expressway Tohoku region Handling after April

Support for people evacuated due to the nuclear accident

During the implementation of the free measures for those who have been evacuated due to the nuclear accident, the target driving will be reviewed.

  • The target people, target vehicle types, necessary documents, and traffic methods will remain unchanged.
  • Free measures for those who have been evacuated except for nuclear accidents that require presentation of affliction certificate and disaster certificate will end at 24:00 on Saturday, March 31, 2012.

[Outline of review]

Image image of review summary

Implementation period: Own) Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 0:00
To) Sunday, September 30, 2012 24:00

Target: Those who have been evacuated due to the nuclear accident

Those who have been evacuated due to a nuclear accident are the areas designated by the national government as a warning area for planned nuclear accidents and planned evacuation areas in the event of the Great East Japan Earthquake (hereinafter referred to as "disaster"), as well as during emergencies. Areas designated as evacuation preparation areas (hereinafter referred to as "warning areas"). Attachment 2 Please refer to. ) Is the person who was the home of life.
Even if the caution area and the planned evacuation area are reviewed during the implementation period, the scope of the evacuees will not be changed for the time being.

Target vehicle type: All vehicle types (vehicles that are being evacuated are driving or riding together)

Target run: Target interchange around the nuclear power plant (hereinafter referred to as "target IC")
Driving with tolls as entrances or exits

Required Documents: At the exit toll gate, along with the toll ticket received at the entrance toll gate,
You will need to provide the following documents:
Regarding the documents to be presented Original (No copy) Will be.

Checklist Required Document
(1) Evacuation source
*The place of residence at the time of the disaster is listed
A document that can confirm that the area where you lived was in the alert area at the time of the disaster
Issued by a public institution such as a copy of resident's card, driver's license, passport, health insurance card, sickness certificate, disaster certificate, etc.
(2) Identity verification Those issued by public institutions such as driver's license, passport, health insurance card, etc.

Other notes

  • ETC lane is not available.
    Both entrance and exit General Please use the lane marked as.
    ・If you use the entrance in the ETC lane, you will not be eligible for free measures.
    ・At the entrance ETC / General When using the mixed lane of, please remove the ETC card from the in-vehicle device, enter the lane, and collect the pass ticket.
    If you enter with the ETC card inserted in the vehicle-mounted device, it will be treated as ETC and will not be subject to free measures.
  • Smart IC cannot be used.
  • Please present the necessary documents at the exit and tell the exit staff that you are an evacuee due to the nuclear accident.
  • Yamagata Expressway ・ Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway (Yudonoyama IC-Sakata Minato IC), Yonezawa Nan-Yo Road (Nanyo Takahata IC-Yonezawa Kita IC), NEXCO uniform section such as Tokyo Outer Ring Road, Metropolitan Expressway, Hanshin Expressway, which does not collect charges as a unit with the target IC as the entrance or exit such as high speed, is not covered.
    NEXCO roads that have passed these roads (such as the Tomei Expressway via the Shuto Expressway) are not eligible.
    *For other than the above, (Reference 1)Please refer to.
  • If the "Disaster Certificate" or "Disaster Certificate" is used as a document that can confirm that you were in the area where you lived in a warning area during the disaster, we will confirm it using the address of the holder (applicant). ..
    Please note that the location of the property that suffered or suffered from the disaster and the location of the disaster do not correspond to the address (place of residence).
  • For handling when closed, (Reference 2)Please refer to.

Attachment 2 Area designated as a nuclear power plant accident warning area and planned evacuation area and an area designated as an emergency evacuation preparation area

Target municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture

Image of target municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture

  • Even if the caution area and the planned evacuation area are reviewed during the implementation period, the scope of evacuees to be targeted will not be changed for the time being.

Attachment 3 Target interchange

The following 15 interchanges are used as entrances or exits and tolls are subject to toll free handling.

Image of the target interchange

Road name Target interchange
Tohoku Expressway Motomiya, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima West, Fukushima Iizaka, Kunimi
Ban-Etsu Expressway Iwaki Sanwa, Ono, Funabiki Miharu, Koriyama East
Joban Expressway Iwaki Chuo, Iwaki Shikura, Hirono, Minamisoma, Soma(note), Yamamoto

(Note) Minamisoma and Soma will be added to the target interchange after the opening of Minamisoma-Soma (scheduled for April 8, 2012).

  • From Soma to Soma, all cars will be free of charge by NEXCO EAST until September 30, 2012.

Attachment 4 Free measures for Expressway Tohoku region Handling after April

Support for disaster-stricken areas, promotion of tourism, and support for people who have been evacuated except for nuclear accidents

  • It will be finished by Saturday, March 31, 2012.
  • The free measure will be applied when the time to pass the entrance toll gate is until 24:00 on Saturday, March 31, 2012.
  • Regarding the Yamagata Expressway, the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway (Yudonyama IC-Sakata Minato IC) and the Yonezawa Nan-Yo Road (Nanyo Takahata IC-Yonezawa Kita IC), which are the targets of tourism promotion, they are judged according to the passing time of each tollgate. ..

[Handling of free measures before and after April 1]

Image of the target interchange

  • The same handling will be applied to those who have been evacuated due to the nuclear accident before the review.

Reference 1 At the tollgate that merges and collects tolls for flat-rate toll roads, at the mainline tollgate on the Honshu-Shikoku Expressway

  • There is a charge for flat-rate roads and the Honshu-Shikoku Expressway so please pay separately. You can also pay with an ETC card.
  • If you wish to apply the ETC discount on flat-rate roads and Honshu-Shikoku Expressway in a car with an ETC on-board unit installed, please pay with an ETC card and inform the toll gate staff accordingly.
Toll booth to receive merger Flat-rate road
Road name Tollgate name Business name Road name
Momoishi Toll Road Shimoda Main Line Toll Gate Aomori Prefectural Road Corporation Second Michinoku Toll Road
Joban Expressway Hitachi Central Toll Office Ibaraki Prefectural Road Corporation Hitachi toll road
Higashi-Mito Road Hitachinaka Main Line Toll Gate Ibaraki Prefectural Road Corporation Hitachi Naka Toll Road
Joban Expressway Nagareyama tollgate Chiba Highway Public Corporation Nagareyama Toll Road
Hokuriku Expressway Oyabe East Main Line Toll Gate Toyama Road Public Corporation Noetsu Expressway
ChuoExpressway Hachioji Main Line Toll Gate NEXCO CENTRAL ChuoExpressway
ChuoExpressway Fujiyoshida Main Line Tollgate NEXCO CENTRAL Higashifuji Five Lakes Road
Tomei Expressway Meiji Ring Nagoya Tollgate NEXCO CENTRAL Nagoya second ring road
Tomei Expressway Nagakute Toll Gate Aichi Prefectural Road Corporation Nagoya Seto Road
Isewangan Expressway Nagoya south toll gate NEXCO CENTRAL Nagoya second ring road
Isewangan Expressway Tokai merger toll gate Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation Tokai Line
Meishin Expressway Ichinomiya tollgate Nagoya Expressway Public Corporation Bihoku Line
Meishin Expressway Suita toll booth NEXCO WEST Kinki Expressway
Meishin Expressway Toyonaka toll booth Hanshin Expressway Co., Ltd. Ikeda Line
Daini Keihan Road Kiogaike Main Line Toll Gate Hanshin Expressway Co., Ltd. Kyoto Line
Chugoku Expressway Nishinomiya Yamaguchi Main Line Toll Gate Hanshin Expressway Co., Ltd. Kita-Kobe Line
Kyushu Expressway Moji Main Line Toll Gate Fukuoka Kitakyushu Road Public Corporation Kitakyushu Expressway Line 4
Kyushu Expressway Babayama Main Line Toll Gate Fukuoka Kitakyushu Road Public Corporation Kitakyushu Expressway Line 4
Kyushu Expressway Fukuoka Main Line Toll Gate Fukuoka Kitakyushu Road Public Corporation Fukuoka Highway Line 4
Kyushu Expressway Dazaifu Main Line Toll Gate Fukuoka Kitakyushu Road Public Corporation Fukuoka Expressway Line 2
Nagasaki Expressway Takeo Minami Main Line Toll Gate NEXCO WEST Takeo Sasebo Road
Nagasaki Expressway Nagasaki toll booth Nagasaki Prefectural Road Corporation Nagasaki Dejima Road
  • For details on the ETC discount, please check the website of each business operator.
  • Nagasaki Dejima Road is not eligible for ETC discount.

Reference 2 Handling when people are evacuated due to a nuclear accident when the road is closed

Image of the handling of people who are evacuated due to the nuclear accident when closed