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The Kanto Regional Head Office East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as NEXCO NEXCO EAST) and the Tokyo Regional Head Office and Hachioji Regional Head Office of Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as NEXCO CENTRAL) are in charge of the operation of Expressway in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region and Shizuoka Prefecture. Year-end and New Year period [8 days from Thursday, December 28, 2023 to 2024] We would like to inform you that we have compiled a traffic congestion forecast (traffic congestion of 10km or more) for the area.
This traffic congestion forecast is based on past traffic congestion records and recent traffic conditions, but the actual traffic situation may differ from the forecast due to accidents or weather, so please check the latest traffic information before setting off.
In addition, each Expressway company provides various tools, including its official website (for details, [Attachment-3] [PDF: 617KB] Please make use of this information when using Expressway.
In addition, Holiday discounts do not apply from December 30th (Saturday) to January 3rd (Wednesday) Please be careful.

1. 1. Congestion forecast

(1) Number of traffic jams over 10km

1. Out-bound includes "outer loop" on the C3 Gaikan Expressway and C4 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road), and "eastbound" on the E50 Kita-Kita-Kanto Expressway. For the C3 Gaikan Expressway, the direction (clockwise) toward Takaya JCT is called the “outer loop,” and for the C4 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road), the direction (clockwise) toward the Daiei JCT is called the “outer loop.” and On the E50 Kita-Kanto Expressway, the direction toward Mito Minami IC is "eastbound."
2. In-bound includes "inner loop" on C3 Gaikan Expressway and C4 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-Ken-O Road), and "westbound" on E50 Kita-Kita-Kanto Expressway. For the C3 Gaikan Expressway, the direction toward Oizumi JCT (counterclockwise) is called “inner loop,” and for the C4 Ken-o Expressway (Ken-O Road), the direction toward Chigasaki JCT (counterclockwise) is called “inner loop.” ”. On the E50 Kita-Kanto Expressway, the direction heading for Takasaki JCT is "westbound."

(2) Prediction of particularly long congestion (30 km or more)

For a list of major traffic jams (peak congestion length of 10km or more) on Expressway in the Kanto-Koshin region and Shizuoka Prefecture, please see [Attachment 1] [PDF: 456KB].
Also, please see [Attachment 2] [PDF: 1.0MB] for examples of avoiding particularly long traffic jams.

(3) Comparison of the number of traffic jams with the year-end and New Year holidays of 2020

A comparison of the number of traffic jams with FY 2020 (last year) is as follows. Please note that the FY2020 results include traffic jams caused by accidents and other causes.

■Comparison with FY2020

The unit of the numerical value in the table is "times"

2. How to obtain road traffic information

For information on how to obtain real-time road traffic information and congestion prediction information, please see [Attachment 3] [PDF: 617KB].

3. Customer Service Efforts (Countermeasures against Congestion)

We will work to strengthen customer services, such as alerting drivers to rear-end collisions at the tail end of traffic jams, deploying parking lot marshals at rest facilities, installing temporary toilets, and securing parking spaces for large vehicles (for details, see [Attachment 4] [PDF: 679KB】Reference).

Four. Congestion in the direction of CA Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway Out-bound

During the year-end and New Year period, we predict that congestion will increase on the CA Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway to the Metropolitan Expressway [B] Wangan Line and [K6] Kawasaki Line (for details, see [Attachment 5] [PDF: 437KB]).

Five. Holiday discounts are not applied during the year-end and New Year period.

To avoid intensifying traffic congestion during the year-end and New Year period, holiday discounts will not be applied even if you use the service between December 30th (Saturday) and January 3rd (Wednesday), which are eligible for holiday discounts.
For details, please refer to the website below.

• (NEXCO EAST) Holiday discounts are not applied during Golden Week, Obon, and New Year holidays
• (NEXCO CENTRAL) Holiday discounts are not applied during Golden Week, Obon, and New Year holidays.