About conduct of road closure due to earth and sand disaster
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- About conduct of road closure due to earth and sand disaster
August 15, 2008
As of 3:45
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Sendai Aoba-ku, Regional Head Office length: Mikio Kashima) in, from 35 pm 1 due to the occurrence of landslides due to rain Yamagata Expressway was conducted the closures of Shonai Airport IC ~ Sakata IC (up and down line) ..
In addition, the Tohoku Regional Head Office Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters was set up in the event of a disaster.
1 Closing due to landslides
Section Yamagata Expressway Shonai Airport IC-Sakata IC (upper and lower lines)
2 Outline of sediment disaster
- Disaster location
Between Shonai Airport IC and Sakata IC (Out-bound line) Cut slope of cut slope 139.6kp- There are no injuries or traffic accidents associated with this disaster.
- Disaster scale
Sediment is flowing over the upper and lower lines (two lanes).- Considering the rainfall situation, etc., we will start the damage situation investigation and earth removal work as soon as the local safety can be secured.
3 Closure of other sections due to rain
Yamagata Expressway Tsuruoka IC-Shonai Airport IC (No disaster occurred in the relevant section)
Please check the JARITC website for the latest regulatory information.
http://www.jartic.or.jp/