Measures to free highway tolls for people evacuated due to the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station will be extended until the end of March next year.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will charge highway tolls from 2012 in order to support the cost of temporarily returning home to people who have been evacuated to various places designated as caution areas due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. We are continuing to make it free.
The deadline for free of charge was until the end of March, but the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has decided to extend the deadline for free of charge by one year until the end of March next year because many people continue to evacuate.
When the target person enters or exits the interchange on the Tohoku Expressway, Ban-etsu Expressway, or Joban Expressway in Fukushima Prefecture, etc., if you show your card at the tollhouse, the section you used will continue to be free of charge.
On the other hand, there are some cases where this free measure is used for business and business purposes, so the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has decided to consider measures.
In addition, the freeway tolls for households where parents and children are living apart due to voluntary evacuation due to the nuclear accident will be extended for one year until the end of March next year.