Congestion prediction on Expressway during Golden Week
[Hokkaido version]
Be careful of traffic jams from May 3rd (Friday) to May 5th (Sunday)!
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March 27 2024
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo) announces traffic congestion forecasts (concentrated traffic congestion) for the Golden Week period [2024 Friday, April 26 to 2024 Monday, May 6: 11 days] on Expressway within the jurisdiction of Hokkaido Regional Head Office.
Holiday discounts will not be applied during Golden Week. To alleviate traffic congestion, we ask for your cooperation in avoiding congested days and times and in "spreading out" your travel.
⇒Please be especially careful on May 3 (Fri.), 4 (Sat.), and 5 (Sun.)!
For details on traffic congestion, please see the attached document [PDF: 375KB].
Comparison of number of traffic jams with last year's Golden Week period (Hokkaido Regional Head Office jurisdiction)
The number of traffic jams during Golden Week this year is expected to increase compared to last year.
| 2024 4/26 (Fri) - 5/6 (Mon) |
Reiwa 5 Congestion record due to traffic concentration * April 27th (Thursday) - May 7th (Sunday) |
|---|---|
| 13 times | 7 times |
*The total number of traffic jams in 2020 was 14 (including traffic jams due to accidents, etc.)
About the special website for traffic congestion season, “GW traffic jam prediction”
NEXCO EAST 's customer website `` DraPla'' has a special site for traffic congestion periods. In addition to posting a traffic jam forecast guide, a ``traffic forecaster'' from the Hokkaido Regional Head Office explains in videos how to avoid traffic jams. Please note that the "GW traffic forecast" will be distributed and posted at various rest facilities in Hokkaido from around mid-April, so please take advantage of it.
Holiday discounts are not applied during Golden Week.
To avoid increased traffic congestion, holiday discounts will not be applied during this period. Please see below for details.
NEXCO EAST Group positions the period from 2021 to 2025 as "a period in which we will contribute to achieving the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and transform towards a new future society," and we are undertaking various initiatives. .
We believe that this project, "Predicting traffic congestion on Expressway during Golden Week," will contribute to SDG goals 3 and 9 as a business activity that will lead to the provision of safe road spaces by alleviating congestion.
NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office is a collaborative project between Hokkaido and the Hokkaido Tourism Promotion Organization with the aim of supporting the tourism industry in various parts of Hokkaido that was hit by the Large of the new coronavirus infection and recovering tourism demand. I am participating in a certain "HOKKAIDO LOVE! Project".
As a collaboration between "NEXCO EAST NEXCO!" Based on the philosophy of this project, we will make efforts to boost tourism in our beloved Hokkaido.
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