With the opening of Ken-O Road, the stock effect* has emerged, such as the ratio of traffic through the city center decreasing from about 60% to about 20%, activating tourism and corporate activities.
Ken-O Road to opening of 10 km on the Ken-O Expressway (Kanzaki IC-Daiei JCT)
Stock effect (1 month after opening)
* Stock effect: An effect that can be continuously obtained in the medium to long term by the functioning of the developed social capital.
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- Press Room
- Press Release Kanto Regional Head Office
- Ken-O Road (Kanzaki IC ~ Daiei JCT) stock effect of the 10km opening (after opening 1 month)
August 31, 2015
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Main stock effect
- Conversion from central Tokyo via Ken-O Road
Between Miyanogi JCT and Tsukuba JCT, The proportion of traffic passing through the city center decreased from about 60% to about 20% - Transportation time from companies along the line is shortened, and corporate activities are streamlined
From Narita Airport to Tsukuba City Transportation time reduced by about 30 minutes - Also effective for local tourism and leisure demand (a virtuous cycle of the regional economy)
At tourist facilities along the line, Conduct a wide-ranging customer attraction campaign in collaboration with neighboring commercial facilities
Improved accessibility to leisure facilities along the railway line - Traffic will switch from general road to Ken-O Road Expressway, and congestion on surrounding general roads will ease
Traffic volume on Route 408 (Tsuchiya intersection) 41,400 vehicles/day before opening → 38,800 vehicles/day after opening 6% decrease
Long traffic jam on Route 408 (Tsuchiya intersection) 540m before opening → 0m after opening
From the Tomei Expressway in up to an additional 11 end of the month Tohoku Expressway is Ken-O Road leads in.
The Ken-O Ken-O Road (between Okegawa Kitamoto IC and Shiraoka Iris IC) will be open by the end of November 2015.
- Wide area network is formed, and access from the northern Kanto area to the Shonan area is strengthened.
- It is expected that the convenience of logistics facilities located along the railway line will increase and that it will further support corporate activities.
Overview of the Ken-O Road Expressway section
- Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road) is a total extension planned to be located within a radius of 40 to 60 km from the city center for the purpose of facilitating road traffic in the metropolitan area and strengthening communication between cities along the line. It is an approximately 300km circular motorway. To date, approximately 230 km have been opened.
- Outline of the section opened this time
Route name: General National Route 468 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road)
○Opening section: Kanzaki IC (Matsuzaki, Kanzaki-cho, Katori-gun, Chiba)-Daiei JCT (Yoshioka, Narita, Chiba)
○Opening date: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 17:00
○ Extension: 9.7km
○ Number of lanes: Provisional 2 lanes
○Opening IC (access road): Shimosa IC ((main) Narita Shimosou line)
Location map of this open section
Reference material
- Effect (1) Conversion from Ken-O Road Tokyo via Ken-O Expressway [PDF: 816KB]
- Effect (2) Streamlining corporate activities-Time-saving effect-[PDF: 850KB]
- Effect (3) A virtuous cycle of the local economy-Large tourism demand-[PDF: 490KB]
- Effect (4) Improvement of local traffic conditions [PDF: 1.5MB]
- Reference (1) Traffic situation after opening [PDF: 743KB]
- Reference (2) Traffic situation after opening [PDF: 2.0MB]
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