Efforts to reduce congestion in parking areas of rest facilities

-Overall, about 500 units will be expanded in FY2018, and about 1,200 units will be expanded in FY2019-

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April 26, 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.

East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd., Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd., and West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. have expanded their parking areas due to the congestion of the parking area that has become apparent in the rest facilities of Expressway. We are proceeding with the efforts of.

We are pleased to inform you that we have compiled the expansion results for 2018 and the expansion plan for 2019.

<Expansion number of parking lots> (*) Total number of ordinary cars and large cars including dual-purpose cars
 FY2018 results: Approximately 500 units
 Scheduled for 2019: Approximately 1,200 units

Please note that traffic restrictions may be involved during construction.
For the status of individual rest facilities, please refer to the attached sheet or each company's website.
In order for many customers to use the parking lot, please refrain from parking for a long time, and thank you for your understanding and cooperation in the proper use of the parking lot.

1 Parking area congestion

The congestion of the entire parking area is becoming apparent, such as the lack of parking for large vehicles, especially in the midnight hours due to long-term parking.

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《Table Congestion situation (E1 Tomei Ebina SA Number of stays by time zone)》
  • July 27, 2018 Excerpt from Document 3 of the 31st National Land Trunk Road Subcommittee
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2 Initiatives

We are working to expand parking lots by making effective use of the parking areas of existing rest facilities. In addition, depending on the usage situation of the parking area, we have a dual-purpose car that can be used by both regular and large vehicles.

3 Number of parking lots expanded in fiscal 2018 (actual) and number of main parking lots expanded in fiscal 2019 (planned)

FY2018 results 26 locations
(Detail is Attachment 1 [PDF: 856KB])
Scheduled for 2019 34 locations
(Detail is Attachment 2 [PDF: 856KB])
Before construction After construction Increase or decrease Before construction After construction Increase or decrease
Number of ordinary cars (units)
* 1
1,525 1,662 +137 2,281 2,839 +558
(1,593) (2,018) (+425) (2,495) (3,053) (+558)
Number of large vehicles (units)
* 2
914 1,298 +384 1,553 2,216 +663
NEXCO 3 companies
total
2,439 2,960 +521 3,834 5,055 +1,221
  1. : () Indicates the number of vehicles including the dual-purpose vehicle (counted as two ordinary vehicles per dual-purpose vehicle)
  2. : Number of large vehicles including dual-purpose vehicles

Note) The number of parking spaces in the table is the current plan, and may increase or decrease as concrete design and construction work progresses in the future.

4 How to use dual-purpose

Dual-purpose is a parking lot that can be used by both regular and large vehicles, depending on the usage of the parking area.

Dual-purpose is a parking lot that can be used by both regular and large vehicles, depending on the usage of the parking area. Image image of

Construction example for combined use (E1 Tomei Nihonzaka PA (bottom))

Image of construction example ([E1] Tomei Nihonzaka PA (bottom))
Image image 2 of a construction example ([E1] Tomei Nihonzaka PA (bottom))

[Request] For customers who also use the service
Please use both ordinary cars and large cars comfortably by sharing with each other so that many customers can use it.

Status of major countermeasures

NEXCO CENTRAL

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[[E1A] Shin-Tomei Surugawan Numazu SA In-bound] Image before construction
[[E1A] Shin-Tomei Surugawan Numazu SA In-bound] Image after construction
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