[E8] On Hokuriku Expressway Kurosaki PA Out-bound line
Creating flower beds with students from Shibata Prefectural Agricultural High School

~ "Flowers and Greenery Peaceful Highway Garden Project" promoting regional cooperation ~
Date and time: Thursday, May 23, 2024, 13:00-15:00

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May 16, 2024
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office Niigata Management Office

A look at what happened in October 2023

Photo 1 of the trip in October 2023
Photo 2 of the trip in October 2023

NEXCO EAST Niigata Management Office (Niigata City) announced on Thursday, May 23rd E8 Hokuriku Expressway Kurosaki Kurosaki We will be creating flower beds with students from Shibata Agricultural High School on Out-bound side of the parking area (PA).
Now in its 12th year, this initiative is being carried out as part of the "Flower and Greenery Peaceful Highway Garden Project," which aims to promote regional cooperation and create spaces where customers can feel refreshed and more comfortable at PAs by planting trees and flowers.
On the day, about 20 students and related parties from Shibata Prefectural Agricultural High School and about 20 employees of our company will participate, working together to plant about 1,900 flower seedlings, including zinnias, salvia, and marigolds, that the students have grown, in the flower beds.

1. 1. Date and time

Thursday, May 23, 2024 13:00-15:00

  • The event will proceed if it rains lightly, but will be cancelled if the weather is bad. The decision on cancellation will be made at 13:00 on Wednesday, the 22nd.

2. place

 E8 Hokuriku Expressway Kurosaki PA Out-bound Line
(Kiba, Nishi-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture)

3. Content

We will work together with the students of Shibata Agricultural High School to plant approximately 1,900 flower seedlings, including zinnias, salvia, and marigolds, which have been grown by the students.

Four. participant

Niigata Prefectural Shibata Agricultural High School, Department of Environmental Science, Department of Flora and Horticulture, approximately 20 students and related parties
Approximately 20 NEXCO EAST Niigata Management Office group employees

What is "Flower and Green Peace Highway Garden Project"?

Rest facility We will create a "highway garden" that aims to create a community-like atmosphere and collaborate with the community, while making it easier to use the garden, etc., to provide a more relaxing and healing space for our customers. It is a project that we are promoting for.
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office, along with regional cooperation, Hokuriku Expressway Nadachi Tanihama SA (Out-bound line), Yoneyama SA (In-bound line, Out-bound line), Kurosaki PA (Out-bound line), Kan-Etsu Expressway Echigo Kawaguchi SA (Out-bound line) This project is being implemented at five locations.

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The NEXCO EAST Group has positioned the period from 2021 to 2025 as "a period that contributes to the achievement of the SDGs and transforms into a new future society," and is making various efforts.
The "Flower and Green Peace Highway Garden Project" is a project that plays a part in cooperation with local educational institutions, support for local education, and community development that allows people to continue living, and as an activity that includes the meaning of promoting greening, SDGs. We believe that it will contribute to the goals of 4, 11, 15, and 17.

Image of the SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS logo and the SDGs target Nos. 4, 11, 15, and 17 logos
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