Improvement effect after opening all lines of the Ibaraki prefecture section of the Ken-O Road
Active logistics and tourism using the Ken-O Road
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- Ken-O Road Maintenance effect after the opening of the entire Ibaraki section of the line Ken-O Road Active distribution and tourism
November 21, 2017
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
At Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road), which is being developed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd., between the Sakai Furukawa IC and the Tsukuba Central IC on the February 26, 2017 section of Ibaraki Prefecture. Was opened and the area from Shonan to Narita was connected by Ken-O Road.
We would like to inform you that we have summarized the maintenance effects that have been achieved so far.
Promote business location along the Ken-O Road
- Ken-O Road Ibaraki Prefecture Business location becomes active (79 locations in the last 4 years)
(Ibaraki Prefecture (Factor site area ranked first in Japan for four consecutive years) - Ken-O Road along the Chuo Expressway Land prices in industrial areas are rising
In Goka Town, the rate of land price increase in industrial areas No. 1 in Japan (about 18%)
(At local governments passing along the Ken-O Road Expressway, Up about 4%)
Improved accessibility to Narita Airport
- Of the highway buses (68 routes on 4 routes) connecting Gunma/Tochigi and Narita Airport About 70% of 47 flights were rerouted to the Ken-O Road route
- Maximum time required for highway bus Shortened by about 30 minutes and improved punctuality
The formation of the annular network, Ken-O Road wide area round tourism is activated by the wayside
- The number of visitors to "Roadside Station Hakko no Sato Kozaki" increased by about 20% from last year.
(Reference) Traffic situation after opening
- In the section adjacent to the section opened Increased traffic
(Kuki Shiraoka JCT-Satte IC: 77% increase, Ushikuami-Ami East IC: 36% increase) - Congestion/congestion occurs at locations where the number of lanes decreases or sags
Continued detailed analysis of traffic conditions using big data
Corporate location is promoted along the Ken-O Road
- 79 companies are located along the Ken-O Road Expressway in the four years from 2013 to 2016
Ibaraki Prefecture has the largest factory area in Japan for four consecutive years
Large-scale logistics facilities are located one after another in line with the development of the ring network in the Tokyo metropolitan area
- As the e-commerce market Large, the location of large multi-tenant logistics facilities with advanced sorting and handling functions has been activated along the Ken-O Road.
(Approximately quadrupled at four major large logistics facilities along the Ken-O Road (7 → 27)
*E-commerce: Commercial transactions using Internet technology
- 1 Including completed facilities and planned facilities
- 2 Along Ken-O Road: Expressway Targets 37 municipalities along the network-connected section (Ebina JCT to Daiei JCT). Other area: Ken-O Road excluding areas along the 1 prefectures and 4 prefectures
- 3 Commencement time when land acquisition etc. is completed promptly by the procedure based on the Land Acquisition Law
Land prices in industrial areas are rising in areas along the Ken-O Road
- Regarding the rate of increase in standard land prices for industrial areas, 6 points out of the top 10 points nationwide are along the Ken-O Road (including 3 municipalities that pass)
- Ken-O Road Goka Town along the Ken-O Expressway, the land price increase rate of the industrial area is about 18%, ranking first in Japan
(Approximately 4% increase in local governments passing along the Ken-O Road *1)
- 1 Average rate of land price increase in municipalities passing along the Ken-O Road Expressway in 1 prefectures and 3 prefectures
- 35 municipalities passing through the 2 Ken-O Road O Expressways (Ebina JCT-Ibaraki/Chiba border)
- 3 Value excluding "35 cities and towns where the Ken-O Road O Expressway (Ebina JCT-Ibaraki/Chiba border) passes, etc." from the total of each prefecture (For Tokyo, the wards of Tokyo are also excluded)
Improved accessibility to Narita Airport makes cars and express buses more convenient
- Of the highway buses that connect Narita Airport to Gunma and Tochigi, about 70% of the routes will be rerouted from Ken-O Road Expressway route.
- The time required between Kuki Shiraoka JCT and Narita Airport has been reduced by approximately 30 minutes, and punctuality has also been improved.
(Maximum 113 minutes → 86 minutes)
Increase in the number of visitors to the roadside stations along the Ken-O Road O Expressway due to the formation of a ring network
- Due to the formation of a ring network from the Tomei Expressway to the Kanto Expressway, visitors* and sales will increase even at the “roadside station” along the Ken-O Road Expressway that was already open.
- At Roadside Station Hakko no Sato Kozaki, the number of visitors* increased by about 20% from last year.
- Visitors: The number of visitors who passed the cash register is the number of visitors, and one cashier account is counted as one
(Reference) Traffic situation after opening (1)
- The average traffic volume between Sakai Furukawa IC and Bando IC, which opened on February 26, 2017, is 17,100 vehicles/day.
- Traffic volume significantly increases in sections adjacent to the opened section
(Kuki Shiraoka JCT-Satte IC: 77% increase, Ushikuami IC-Ami East IC: 36% increase) - Joban Expressway in, Ken-O Road reduced traffic volume of the inner 5% (-3,100 vehicles / day), Ken-O Road traffic volume of outside increased by 2% (+1,000 vehicles / day)
Ken-O Road traffic situation around the Tomei Expressway Keleti Kanto Road
(Reference) Traffic situation after opening (2)
- Chuo Expressway ⇔ Joban Expressway traffic between Ken-O Road converted to the use of, reduced to about 30% from the traffic that had been through the capital height is 70%
(Reference) Traffic situation after opening (3)
- Traffic congestion after opening
- Definition of the number of times of traffic congestion: The number of times when a train that repeats low speed running or stop/start at 35km/h or less continues for 1km or more and continues for 15 minutes or more (preliminary value)
Target period: H29.2.27 ~ H29.10.31 - Since it is a traffic congestion definition in statistical processing, it may differ from the traffic congestion information provision status
- Due to congestion and congestion in areas where the number of lanes is decreasing and in sags, the following measures are being implemented.
・Providing information to rectify merging such as lane reduction, merging method, securing inter-vehicle distance in 4 lanes
・Providing information on speed recovery support in the 2-lane section
・Call for detour when congestion occurs on highway radio/highway telephone - When you use Ken-O Road, please use the information above to help speed recovery.
- Continue, Ken-O Road towards the congestion, traffic congestion, and to take advantage of big data, etc., advanced granular traffic analysis, we will consider in the future, necessary measures.
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