About the arrest of illegal passers-by who broke through the toll booth
NEXCO EAST will continue to firmly respond to illegal traffic

Yesterday (June 27), an illegal passer-by who broke through at the Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway Kisarazu Kaneda toll gate without paying a toll was arrested on the same day by the Chiba Prefectural Police on the alleged violation of the Road Maintenance Special Measures Act. There was an announcement.

Road-related 4 Public corporation privatization The toll booth was violated due to the revision of the Road Maintenance Special Measures Law on October 1, 2005, violating the traffic method established by the Expressway company (authorized by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). Criminal penalties will be imposed on drivers of cars and other vehicles that have

In response to the revision of the law, the arrest this time was repeated because the suspect repeatedly pushed through at the toll booth, and the fact that the Company reported to the Chiba Prefectural Police Expressway Traffic Police Corps triggered the arrest. ..

We believe that the arrest of a suspect who has committed malicious fraud will ensure fairness in the payment of charges and deter improper traffic.

In addition, we have always taken the stance of not allowing unauthorized traffic so as not to damage customers' trust in the toll road business. We will continue to take a resolute attitude toward illegal traffic and will actively cooperate with police investigations to tackle illegal traffic.

For illegal tolls by the suspect, we will add a surcharge (twice the amount exempted) to the illegally exempted toll and charge three times the illegally exempted toll.