Expressway explore the unknown mystery of the "Hokkaido Highway Expedition"

~A field visit for elementary school students (upper grades)~

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July 1, 2016
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Atsubetsu Ward, Sapporo City) will hold a field tour "Hokkaido Highway Expedition" for the first 30 elementary school students and their guardians to see the Expressway facilities.

It will be conducted in the form of an expedition so that your child can be interested and have fun.

At the site, you can usually see things such as consideration for the natural environment such as bears and deer, a weather observation system that is the basis for managing the road, and an emergency evacuation tunnel dug in parallel with the roadway tunnel. Explore the unknown mystery of the impossible Expressway. This is the first time for the "Hokkaido Highway Expedition".

This expedition will be carried out so that people can know that the Expressway the area with safety and security while taking environmental considerations and disaster prevention measures into consideration.

Outline of implementation

[Details (application guidelines, contents of implementation)] Attachment [PDF:436KB] reference】

  1. Selection of participants
    Participation application First-come-first-served basis, 15 groups of elementary school students (upper grades) and their parents, 30 people
  2. Tour name
    Hokkaido Highway Expedition
  3. Implementation date
    Saturday, July 30, 2016
  4. Time required
    We will start accepting from 9:00 am and plan to dissolve around 5 pm
  5. Exploration course
    Expressway related facilities between the NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office Road Control Center (Oyaji, Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo) to the Shimukappu Interchange on the Doto Expressway.
    • It will be moved by bus prepared by our company.
  6. Entry fee
    free
  7. Notification method
    NEXCO EAST website "DraPla" area information >Hokkaido area> Introduced in recommended information "Hokkaido Highway Expedition"
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