Measures against traffic congestion in the Olympics The surcharge for the Shuto Expressway will be added at 4:36 on April 21 next summer.

Following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the Games Organizing Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will postpone the addition of toll charges on the Metropolitan Expressway as a measure against traffic congestion next summer.

After the Tokyo Games were postponed next summer due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the Organizing Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and related local governments reconsidered the planned measures against traffic congestion, and as a result postponed next summer. It was decided to do.

Of these, the period for increasing congestion on expressways for transporting athletes to ease congestion will be from July 19 to August 9 next year, including before and after the Olympic Games, and from August 24 to September next year during the Paralympic Games. It will be postponed every 5 days.

The additional charge will be 1,000 yen as planned this time, and the time will be unchanged from 6 am to 10 pm.

On the other hand, vehicles driven by people with disabilities, welfare vehicles, etc. are not eligible for addition.

The application for such a vehicle started on February 28th this year, but the city will announce the necessary procedures at a later date.