Usage status for 1 year after opening of the Do-O Expressway Waatsu Smart Interchange
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- Usage status for 1 year after opening of the Do-O Expressway Waatsu Smart Interchange
July 30, 2010
Waatsu Smart Interchange District Council Secretariat
(City Planning Division, Planning and Finance Department, Kitahiroshima City)
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Hokkaido Regional Head Office
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We will inform you about the usage status for one year after the opening of the first Wattsu Smart Interchange (IC) in Hokkaido, which opened on June 29, 2009.
Usage status of Waatsu smart IC
- The average daily traffic volume for the first year after opening is 1,115, which has been used by more than 400,000 vehicles in total. (Traffic volume is summarized from H21.7.1 to H22.6.30)
- It is also used for firefighting activities and emergency transportation.
Voices from customers
"Since my workplace is Yubari, I use the Expressway for my daily commute. Until now, I was riding from Eniwa IC to Yubari IC, but since I built a wheel-thick smart IC, my commuting time is shortened and it is very convenient. It was done.” (Person living in Kitahiroshima City)
Voices of facilities for surrounding tourism
"Every year since we opened the store, the growth rate was about 1.1 times, but half a year after the opening of the ring-thick smart IC, it increased 1.3 times compared to the previous year and 1.5 times in summer only." ( (For food processing and sales)
“Wheel smart ICs have been created in the immediate vicinity of the facility, which has become very convenient for customers. The increase in the number of facility users in the midst of the economic downturn may be the effect of wheel smart ICs. ." (tourist facility business people)