It was opened on June 7, Ken-O Road between Kanzaki IC ~ Daiei JCT
Started to appear with the traffic volume bulletin of the open section
We will inform you of the stock effect.
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- Was opened on June 7, Ken-O Road for between Kanzaki IC ~ Daiei JCT, it will inform the stock effect began to appear and traffic bulletins of opening section.
June 24, 2015
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
- Joban Expressway to the East Kanto Expressway, the convenience of the Ken-O Road Expressway has improved. (Attachment 1) [PDF:809KB] Kanzaki IC-Daiei JCT: Approximately 8,400 vehicles/day *1
Inashiki Higashi IC-Kanzaki IC: Approximately 9,300 vehicles/day*1 (up 272% year-on-year) - Along the wayside station (Hakko no Sato Kozaki), the number of visitors increased by 20%, contributing to local tourism and leisure demand. (Attachment 2) [PDF:822KB]
- Time-saving effect for transportation of precision machinery (making corporate activities more efficient) (Attachment 3) [PDF: 631KB]
About 90 minutes from Tsukuba city companies to Asahi Mori Transportation Co., Ltd. (Narita city) → about 50 minutes
When transporting precision equipment, the use of Expressway enables smooth transportation with less vibration and shaking.
We will continue to announce the stock effects that will emerge from now on.
- Average daily traffic volume from Monday, June 8th to Sunday, June 14th, 2015
Ken-O Road Kanzaki 1 week of traffic after the opening of the inter-IC ~ Daiei JCT
| date | Daily traffic volume*2 | Remarks | Weather *3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between Kanzaki IC and Shimosa IC | Between Shimosa IC and Daiei JCT | |||
| June 7 (Sun) | 4,300 units | 4,400 units | Open at 17:00 (7 hours traffic volume) | Sunny |
| June 8 (Mon) | 8,000 units | 8,000 units | 24-hour traffic | Sunny |
| June 9 (Tue) | 6,900 units | 6,800 units | Overcast | |
| June 10 (Wed) | 8,200 units | 8,200 units | Sunny | |
| Thursday, June 11 | 7,800 units | 7,700 units | Sunny | |
| June 12 (Fri) | 8,000 units | 7,900 units | Overcast | |
| Saturday, June 13 | 10,300 units | 10,300 units | Sunny | |
| Sunday, June 14 | 9,900 units | 10,000 units | Sunny | |
| June 15 (Mon) | 7,400 units | 7,500 units | Sunny | |
- 2 Traffic volume is the total volume of main line traffic for all vehicle types including vehicles other than ETC vehicles (traffic counter [preliminary value from an automatic measurement device for traffic volume (approximately) installed on roads])
- 3 For the weather, enter the general daylight condition of Katori City (from the Japan Meteorological Agency website)
- Stock effect: An effect that is continuously obtained in the medium to long term by the functioning of the developed social capital.
Reference material
- Effect (1) Traffic conditions immediately after opening [PDF: 809KB]
- Effect (2) International competitiveness and growth-Large private demand-[PDF: 631KB]
- Effect (3) A virtuous cycle of the local economy-Realization of wide-area exchange-[PDF: 822KB]
- Effect (4) A virtuous cycle of the local economy-Formation of a new wide-area network-[PDF: 1.0MB]
- Ken-O Road opening section Summary [PDF: 1.1MB]
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