NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) has a Out-bound line of August 11 (Sat) to 12 (Sun) and an In-bound line of August 15 (Wed) to 16 (Thu). toward but we have predicted that the peak of congestion, Expressway as a new initiative of congestion measures in, is expected to Obon Expressway installation and Sendai ring road of self-luminous pacemaker for the purpose of congestion reduction of (Guru' A graphic information board will be installed to strengthen road information provision in Miyako Sendai.

1 Overview of self-luminous pacemaker

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A blue LED light emitting panel installed at equal intervals on the road side, by passing the light at a constant speed toward the traveling direction of the vehicle, In-bound to the vehicle which would decelerate without knowing in slope or the like, so as to maintain a constant speed It is a device that prompts (Operating at Sanriku Expressway In-bound Line Sendai Kohoku Interchange (IC)-Rifu Junction (JCT))

Operation time

Near the Fukushima Tunnel (TN) on the Tohoku Expressway In-bound Line
From Wednesday, August 8, 2012 to 19th Sunday

Tohoku Expressway Out-bound Line Adachi Tara Service Area (SA)
From Wednesday, August 8, 2012 to 19th Sunday

2 Outline of graphic information board

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It is an information device that can be used to make decisions such as route selection by providing easy-to-understand graphical information on traffic congestion, road closures, and accidents on a ring road that is expected to have multiple routes.

Operation time

Tohoku Expressway In-bound line Tomiya JCT front
Scheduled for autumn 2012

Tohoku Expressway Out-bound line, in front of Sendai South IC
Scheduled to start on Wednesday, August 8, 2012