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NEXCO EAST Akita Management Office (Akita City, Akita Prefecture) will close the Akita Chuo Interchange (hereinafter referred to as "IC") to Showa Oga Peninsula IC on the E7 Akita Expressway (hereinafter referred to as "Akita Road") up and down route during the night and restrict one-way alternating traffic (15 minutes waiting time) due to pavement repair work.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and ask for your understanding and cooperation in allowing extra time for the work.

1. Regulation section and date and time

1. Restricted section
   ①Night traffic closure:

   [1] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Akita Chuo IC - Showa Ogahanto IC

   (2) Regulations for alternate traffic on one side:

   [2] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Akita Kita IC - Showa Ogahanto IC



• Indications such as E7 attached to the route indicate the route number (numbering) of Expressway, etc.
2. date and time
   ①Night traffic closure
   • [1] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Akita Chuo IC - Showa Ogahanto IC
     • Implementation date
     • Monday, August 21, 2021 to Friday, September 15, 2020 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. each day
     • Preparation day
     • September 19th (Tuesday) to October 6th (Friday), 2020 Every day from 20:00 to 6:00 the next morning
   ②Alternate traffic regulation on one side
   • [2] Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Akita Kita IC - Showa Ogahanto IC
     • Implementation date
     • August 21 (Monday) to September 14 (Thursday), 2023 *Excluding Fridays 6:00 am to 8:00 pm each day
     • Preparation day
     • August 25 (Fri), September 1 (Fri), 8 (Fri), 15 (Fri), 2023
     • Tuesday, September 19th to Friday, October 6th, 2023 6:00 am to 8:00 pm each day

【Usage Guide】

• The parking areas (hereafter referred to as "PA") in the closed section will be closed as follows.
  Akita Expressway Up and Down Line Taiheiyama Parking 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] [PDF: 368KB] for the detour.
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.
(See [Attachment 2] [PDF: 159KB])

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 Chuo IC ~ Showa-Oga Peninsula IC, etc., will carry out pavement repair work 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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