NEXCO East Japan, NEXCO Central Japan, NEXCO West Japan, JB Honshu-Kosoku and Japan Road Traffic Information Center have announced their forecasts of highway congestion during Golden Week in 2023.
The report predicts that traffic jams will be frequent on May 3 and 4 on the downlink and May 3-5 on the uplink, with particularly long ones including a 45 km traffic jam on the Tomei and Chuo downlink on the morning of May 3 and a 50 km traffic jam on the Tomei uplink around 3:00 p.m. on May 5.
In order to prevent and alleviate traffic congestion, each company is urging users to slow down and to refrain from changing lanes.
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