[E6] Joban Expressway Minamisoma Kashima Smart Interchange
It will be available for 24 hours from 6:00 am on Friday, April 29, 4th year of Reiwa.
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- [E6] Joban Expressway Minamisoma Kashima Smart Interchange Reiwa April 29, 4 (Friday) 6:00 am to 24 hours available
March 25, 4th year of Reiwa
Minamisoma City
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Tohoku Regional Head Office
The E6 Joban Expressway Minamisoma Kashima Smart Interchange (IC) will be available 24 hours a day from 6 am on April 29, 4 (Friday), Reiwa.
Being able to use the service 24 hours a day is expected to improve convenience for customers using the Expressway and support emergency medical care.
1. 1. Operation start date and time
Friday, April 29, 4th year of Reiwa 6:00 am
2. place
Joban Expressway Minamisoma Kashima Smart IC (in Ukita, Kashima-ku, Minamisoma City)
3. 3. Operating hours
24hours
[Expected effects of being available 24 hours a day]
- Improving convenience for customers using the Expressway
The 24-hour operation of the Minamisoma Kashima Smart IC will enable us to flexibly respond to changes in life cycles and usage needs, and is expected to further improve the convenience of local residents.
Percentage of people who want to make Minamisoma Kashima smart IC 24 hours a day
Source: R2 Minamisoma Kashima Smart IC Usage Survey Results (Target: Expressway toll subsidy project target) User's voice
- Even when expeditioning to other prefectures for club activities at elementary and junior high schools, I feel inconvenience due to the loss of detours to neighboring ICs.
- When I go far for work or travel, I often leave early in the morning and return home at night, and I feel inconvenienced because I sometimes hurry according to the operating hours of the Minamisoma Kashima Smart IC.
- Support for emergency medical care
The 24-hour operation of the Minamisoma Kashima Smart IC enables seamless emergency transportation with no time limit, and is expected to play a role as a "life-saving road" that supports local residents and medical care.
Number of emergency transports using Minamisoma Kashima Smart IC (H29-R1) 
Soma Fire Department Headquarters ⇒ Time required for Sendai Kousei Hospital Minamisoma Fire Department Kashima Branch Office
- When an emergency transport incident occurred in Kashima Ward, it was out of the operating hours of the Minamisoma Kashima Smart IC, so I had to use a nearby IC.
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.
Regarding the 24-hour operation of this "Minamisoma Kashima Smart Interchange," the SDGs target is a business activity that will lead to improved convenience for Expressway users and regional economic revitalization through the location of companies, etc. by improving and strengthening the Expressway network. We believe that it will contribute to Nos. 3, 8, 9, and 11.
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