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NEXCO EAST The Akita Management Office (Akita City, Akita Prefecture) will close the E7 Akita Expressway (hereinafter referred to as "Akita Road") from the Akita Kita Interchange (hereinafter referred to as "IC") to the Noshiro Minami IC on the upper and lower lines during the night and restrict one-way alternating traffic (waiting time of about 15 minutes) due to pavement repair work and other reasons.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and ask for your understanding and cooperation in allowing extra time for your trip.

1. Regulation section and date and time

1. Regulation section
   
   ①Night traffic closure:

   [1] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Akita Kita IC - Showa Ogahanto IC
   [2] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Gojome Hachirogata IC - Hachiryu IC
   [3] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Gojome Hachirogata IC - Kotooka Moritake IC
   [4] Akita Expressway Up and Down Hachiryu IC - Noshiro Minami IC

   (2) Regulations for alternate traffic on one side:

   [5] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Akita Kita IC - Showa Ogahanto IC
   [6] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Gojome Hachirogata IC - Kotooka Moritake IC
   [7] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Kotooka Moritake IC - Hachiryu IC



• ​The E7 display attached to the route indicates the route number (numbering) of Expressway, etc.
2. date and time
   ①Night traffic closure
   Implementation date
   
   • [1] Akita Expressway Upper and Lower Lines Akita Kita IC - Showa Ogahanto IC
     • May 8th (Mon) to 10th (Wed), 2023
     • May 15th (Monday) to 17th (Wednesday), 2023 From 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning [6 nights]
   • [2] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Gojome Hachirogata IC - Hachiryu IC
     • Monday, May 22, 2023 to Friday, June 16, 2020 20:00 to 6:00 the next day [20 nights]
   • [3] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Gojome Hachirogata IC - Kotooka Moritake IC
     • June 19th (Monday) to 23rd (Friday), 2023 From 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning [5 nights]
   • [4] Akita Expressway Hachiryu IC - Noshiro Minami IC
     • June 26th (Monday) to 28th (Wednesday), 2023 From 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning [3 nights]
   Preparation day
   • May 11th (Thursday), 12th (Friday), 18th (Thursday), 19th (Friday), 5th year of Reiwa
   • June 29th (Thursday) to July 28th (Friday), 2020 Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
   ②Alternate traffic regulation on one side
   Implementation date
   • [5] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Akita Kita IC - Showa Ogahanto IC
     • May 8th (Mon) to 10th (Wed), 2023
     • May 15th (Monday) to 17th (Wednesday), 2023 6:00 am to 8:00 pm [6 days]
   • [6] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Gojome Hachirogata IC - Kotooka Moritake IC
     • Monday, May 22nd to Friday, June 2nd, 2023 6:00 am to 8:00 pm [10 days]
   • [7] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Kotooka Moritake IC - Hachiryu IC
     • June 6 (Tue) to 9 (Fri), 2023
     • June 13 (Tuesday) to 16 (Friday), 2023 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. [8 days]
   Preparation day
   • May 11th (Thursday), 12th (Friday), 18th (Thursday), 19th (Friday), 5th year of Reiwa
   • From Monday, July 3, 2023 to Friday, July 14, 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. each day

【Usage Guide】

• The service areas (hereinafter referred to as "SA") in the closed section will be closed as follows.
  Akita Expressway Up and Down Hachiroko Service Area 20:00 - 6:00 the next morning
• In stormy weather, it will be postponed to the spare day.
• Construction implementation decisions will be announced on Twitter, etc.

2. Detour

Please refer to [Attachment 1] to [Attachment 4] [PDF: 869KB] for detours.
Due to the detour, the required time will be longer, so please leave with plenty of time.

3. Regarding transit adjustments due to suspension of traffic

For customers who temporarily flow out of Expressway due to road closures, detour around the road closure section, re-enter and transfer in the forward direction, we will implement "connection adjustment" to adjust the toll according to the section used. increase. (Refer to [Attachment 5] [PDF: 126KB])

How to use transit adjustment

ETC customers

• Customers using ETC are requested to run the outflow designated IC wirelessly and the re-inflow designated IC wirelessly. (No transit certificate will be issued for ETC vehicles)
• ETC time zone discount will be applied, considering the transited journey as one.
  Toll charges are adjusted at the time of billing, so they may differ from those displayed at the toll gate.
• Insert the same ETC card for all journeys and pass through the ETC lane at the tollgate.

Customers such as cash

• Customers who pay by cash, etc. should receive the "passage certificate" at the outflow designated IC, and then get the "passport" at the re-inflow designated IC, and then make the "transfer" at the toll booth that pays the fare first. Please give us your "certificate" and "passport".

Common to ETC and cash customers

• If the suspension of traffic is released after the outflow designated IC is released, the fare will be adjusted even if it is re-introduced from the IC (including the outflow designated IC) in the closed road section in the forward direction.

Four. Construction overview

Akita Road Upper and Lower Line Between Akita Kita IC ~ Noshiro Minami IC, pavement repair work will be carried out due to damage to the road surface. In order to minimize inconvenience to customers, we will restrict one-sided alternating traffic during the day and close the road at night on weekdays when there is little traffic, and carry out construction work intensively and efficiently. This construction is necessary for safe and comfortable use of the Expressway, so we ask for your understanding and cooperation.

Five. How to obtain traffic information

(1) Guidance by distribution / posting

• Notice signs, posters and leaflets will be posted at toll booths and rest facilities nearby.
• A banner will be posted on the overpass on the Expressway.

(2) Road traffic information that can be obtained before going out

• NEXCO東日本お客さまセンター（24時間オペレーターが対応）
  ナビダイヤル：0570-024-024
  または：03-5308-2424
• NEXCO EAST Road Traffic Information Site "DraTra"
  Real-time information

  https://www.drivetraffic.jp/

  Construction regulation information

  https://www.drivetraffic.jp/construction-regulation
• 日本道路交通情報センター（JARTIC）　道路交通情報
  全国共通ダイヤル　050-3369-6666（携帯電話短縮ダイヤル　#8011）
  全国どこからでも最寄りの情報センターに接続します。
  東北地方高速情報　050-3369-6761
  秋田情報　050-3369-6605
  【アドレス】https://www.jartic.or.jp/
• LINE official account "NEXCO EAST"
  We inform you about the traffic closure situation in NEXCO EAST jurisdiction.
  [Search] Search by "NEXCO EAST"
  [ID] @e-nexco

  

(3) Road traffic information available while using the Expressway

• Road information board
• Highway radio (AM1620kHz)
  The highway radio section is indicated by signs on the Expressway.
• Highway Information Terminal
  We will inform you of road information in an easy-to-understand manner by the monitor screens installed in SA / PA.
• VICS
  You can get road traffic information with VICS-compatible car navigation and other on-board devices.

• Information is also distributed on the official Twitter account.
  "NEXCO EAST (Tohoku)" (@e_nexco_tohoku)

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