NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office and NEXCO CENTRAL Yokohama Regional Head Office /Hachioji Regional Head Office, the year-end and New Year period [December 27, 2006 (Wednesday) to January 9, 2007 (Tuesday) 14 days] Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka We would like to inform you that we have summarized the tendency of traffic congestion due to traffic concentration that is expected to occur on Expressway prefecture.

Please use it for making a comfortable travel plan, such as adjusting the departure time based on the time of day when the peak of traffic congestion is predicted. In addition, please make sure you have winter equipment so that you can use the Expressway safely and comfortably.

Also, if you use ETC, you can save with various time zone discounts. For example, if you can use the Expressway during the hours from 0 am to 4 am when traffic is low, you will get a 30% discount for late night discounts.

　In the ETC lane, keep a sufficient distance between vehicles and drive at a safe speed of 20 km/h or less.

I Congestion prediction

1. Congestion trends
   Similar to last year's forecast, the peak of the Out-bound line will be dispersed, and the peak of the In-bound line will be heavily congested from January 2 (Tue) to 3 (Wed) this year. Also, the scale of traffic congestion is expected to be about the same as last year.
2. Congestion forecast overview
   Predicted points of congestion where the length of peak on each road is 10 km or more, This [PDF: 32KB] It is as follows.
   *The traffic congestion forecast may change due to traffic accidents or abnormal weather.

≫Estimation of main traffic congestion on each route≫

Kan-Etsu Expressway (There is no forecast of traffic congestion over 30 km)

• Out-bound line, on December 30th (Saturday), a traffic jam of up to 10 km (usually about 5 minutes will be required) starting from the vicinity of the Takasaka service area (Sakado City, Saitama Prefecture). , About 20 minutes), and on January 6 (Saturday), a traffic jam of up to 10 km (usually about 5 minutes), starting from the vicinity of Hanazono Interchange (Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture) However, about 20 minutes), on January 7 (Sunday), a traffic jam of up to 10 km (usually about 10 minutes), starting near the Numata Interchange (Numata City, Gunma Prefecture) (It takes about 30 minutes)
  (Last year, 17km of traffic congestion on December 30th (Friday), starting near the Takasaka service area)
• In-bound line, on January 8th (Monday), there will be a traffic jam of up to 20km (usually about 10 minutes, which takes about 10 minutes, starting at the Hanazono Interchange (Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture)) (40 minutes)
  [Last year, on January 2 (Monday), there was a 16km traffic jam beginning near the Akagi Kogen service area]

Joshin-Etsu Expressway (congestion over 30km is not predicted)

• Out-bound is not expected to be over 10km in traffic.
  [No problem last year]
• There is no prediction of traffic congestion of 10km or more on the In-bound line.
  [No problem last year]

Tohoku Expressway (congestion over 30km is not predicted)

• Out-bound is not expected to be over 10km in traffic.
  [Last year there was no traffic congestion of 10 km or more]
• In-bound line, on January 2 (Tuesday), there will be a traffic jam of up to 20 km (usually about 10 minutes), starting from the vicinity of the Hanyu parking area (Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture). But about 40 minutes)
  [Last year, there was 19km of traffic on January 3 (Tue) near the Nasu interchange)

Joban Expressway (congestion over 30km is not predicted)

• Out-bound is not expected to be over 10km in traffic.
  [Last year there was no traffic congestion of 10 km or more]
• The In-bound line has a maximum congestion of about 10km starting January 123 (Tuesday) near Misato (Misato) Junction (Misato City, Saitama). (Normally, it takes about 30 minutes for about 10 minutes), and on January 3 (Wednesday), there will be a traffic congestion of up to 10 km, beginning near the Kashiwa Interchange (Kashiwashi, Chiba Prefecture). (It usually takes about 5 minutes, but about 25 minutes)
  [Last year there was no traffic congestion of 10 km or more]

Higashi-Kanto Expressway (congestion over 30km is not predicted)

• Out-bound is not expected to be over 10km in traffic.
  [No problem last year]
• In-bound line, on January 2nd (Tuesday), there will be a maximum of about 10 km of traffic congestion (usually about 10 minutes, which takes about 30 minutes To)
  [No problem last year]

Gaikan Expressway (congestion over 30km is not predicted)

• As for the outer route, on December 27 (Wednesday) and January 2 (Tuesday), a traffic congestion of up to 10 km, starting from the area around the outer ring Urawa interchange (Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture) (Usually about 10 minutes, about 30 minutes)
  [Last year, on December 27 (Tuesday) and January 2 (Monday), there was a traffic jam of 11 km beginning near the Kawaguchi Nishi interchange)
• The inner circle is a traffic jam of up to 15 km (usually about 10 minutes), starting around the Niikura parking area (Wako City, Saitama Prefecture) on January 2 (Tue). 45 minutes)
  [Last year, 13 km of traffic congestion on January 2 (Monday), starting near the Niikura parking area]

Keiyo Road (There is no forecast of traffic congestion over 30 km)

• Out-bound line, on January 2 (Tuesday), there will be a maximum of about 10 km of traffic congestion (usually about 10 minutes), starting near the Anagawa Interchange (Chiba City, Chiba City, Inageku). Takes about 40 minutes)
  [Last year there was no traffic congestion of 10 km or more]
• In-bound line starts near the Hanawa Interchange (Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture) on December 27 (Wednesday), January 2 (Tuesday), and January 3 (Wednesday). Congestion up to 10 km (normally about 10 minutes takes about 30 minutes), Kaizuka interchange on January 2 (Tuesday), January 3 (Wednesday) (Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture) (Chibashi) Wakaba ward (Wakabaku)) around the beginning of a traffic jam of up to 10 km (usually about 10 minutes takes about 40 minutes)
  [Last year, there was 13km of traffic on January 3rd (Tue) near the Anagawa Interchange]

Tomei Expressway (congestion over 30km is predicted three times on the In-bound line)

• Out-bound line, on Sunday, December 31st, a traffic jam of up to 25km (usually about 15 minutes, usually about 1 hour) starting near the Yamato Tunnel (Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture) To)
  (Last year, December 30th (Friday) 26km of traffic congestion starting near the Yamato Tunnel)
• In-bound line, on January 2nd (Tuesday), there will be a traffic jam of up to about 30km (usually about 20 minutes, but about 1 hour) beginning near the Yamato Tunnel (Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture) Congestion up to about 30 km (usually about 20 minutes, but about 1 hour and 15 minutes) starting from around 15 minutes) and near Numazu IC (Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture) ), on January 7th (Sunday), a traffic jam of up to 30km (usually about 20 minutes, about 1 hour and 15 minutes) starting near the Yamato Tunnel (Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture) To)
  [Last year, there was a 30km traffic jam on January 2 (Monday) starting near the Numazu Interchange]

Chuo Expressway (congestion over 30km is not predicted)

• Out-bound line, on December 31st (Sunday), there will be a maximum of about 10km of traffic congestion (usually about 10 minutes, starting from around the Hachioji main line toll gate (Hachioji City, Tokyo)). About 30 minutes)
  (Last year, on December 31st (Sat), 11km of traffic congestion started near the tollgate of the Hachioji Main Line)
• In-bound line, on January 2nd (Tuesday), there will be a maximum of about 25km of traffic congestion (usually about 25 minutes, which takes about 25 minutes), starting near the Takaido exit (Suginami-ku, Tokyo). 1 hour)
  [Last year, there was 27km of traffic congestion around the Chofu Interchange on January 2 (Monday)]

Nagano Expressway (congestion over 30km is not predicted)

• Out-bound is not expected to be over 10km in traffic.
  [No problem last year]
• There is no prediction of traffic congestion of 10km or more on the In-bound line.
  (Last year, 9km of traffic congestion on January 2 (Monday) beginning near the Enrei tunnel)

• Traffic jam information [PDF: 53KB]
• Requests to Customers [PDF: 24KB]