Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Announces Prospects for Lifting Road Closures on the Hokuriku Expressway and Noto Satoyama Kaido

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has disclosed the current prospects for lifting the road closures on the Hokuriku Expressway and Noto Satoyama Kaido.

For the Hokuriku Expressway, the aim is to secure one lane for northbound traffic throughout the entire section currently closed by mid-March.

Among these, the section from the Ochinohara Interchange (IC) to the Yokota IC on the Noto Satoyama Kaido is expected to reopen for one-way traffic towards Wajima by the end of February. The section from Anamizu IC to Ochinohara IC is expected to reopen for one-way traffic by mid-March.

For the Hokuriku Expressway, the section from Noto Mitsui IC to Anamizu IC will switch to northbound one-way traffic from February 2. The section from Noto Mitsui IC to Noto Satoyama Airport IC is expected to change from one-way to two-way traffic by the end of February.