Due to the record heavy snowfall at the beginning of last month, cars were stuck and traffic jams occurred one after another in Toyama prefecture, which had a great impact on the lives of residents and the local economy. We have decided to formulate a disaster prevention plan called a "timeline" that summarizes the specific measures that related organizations should take.
Due to the record heavy snowfall in early last month, more than 200 cars were stranded on the Tokai Hokuriku Expressway in Toyama Prefecture, and logistics stopped, and large-scale traffic jams occurred on national and prefectural roads. It had a big impact on the economy.
Based on the lesson that information on road closures was not shared well among related organizations during this heavy snowfall, we summarized the specific actions that related organizations and residents should take before the damage to Toyama Prefecture. It turned out that we have established a policy to formulate a disaster prevention plan called the "timeline".
When heavy snow is expected, related organizations such as the meteorological observatory and road managers will share information on possible damage, consider closing roads before they get stuck, and inform drivers, and it will snow. After that, it is decided to call for refraining from going out by car in order to remove snow quickly.
Toyama Prefecture will summarize the verification results regarding the response to the heavy snowfall last month within this month, and will consider the specific contents of the timeline based on the results.
Expert "For a timeline to save lives"
Ichiro Matsuo, a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo graduate school who is familiar with the timeline at the time of a disaster, said, "Heavy snow may not occur every year, but there are many cases where people die and it will affect the local economy. If you think of it as a "disaster" involved and decide on an action plan in advance by creating a timeline, it will help protect the lives of the residents. It will be. "