No holiday discount on expressways Extend until the end of this month May 11:14 on May 8 due to extension of emergency declaration
As a result of the extension of the emergency declaration, measures to prevent holiday discounts on local highways will also be extended until the end of this month.
Up to 10th of this month, holidays such as ordinary cars and light cars will be discounted to 30% less than usual on holidays on local expressways except Tokyo and Osaka suburbs.
Following the extension of the emergency, it has been decided that this measure will be extended by the end of this month in order to keep people from moving across prefectures. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has also requested that restaurants and souvenir shops in the service areas and parking areas of highways continue to be closed during holidays.
At the press conference on the 8th, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane touched on that from the 25th of last month to the 6th of this month, the traffic on the expressway decreased by about 70% compared to the same period last year. We recognize that the effect of restraining movements is beginning to appear, and I ask the citizens again to continue refraining from unnecessary and urgent movements. "