{"id":89340,"date":"2016-07-26T18:05:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T09:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=89340&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2016-07-26T18:05:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T09:05:44","slug":"kyushu-expressway-may-get-new-exit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-expressway-may-get-new-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Expressway May Get New Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has come to light that Fukuoka and Saga prefectures are mulling a new \u201csmart\u201d expressway interchange on the Kyushu Expressway between the Tosu Junction and Kurume to be located at Ajisaka in Ogori City, Fukuoka. The aim of the move is twofold: 1) to ensure smooth transportation links for the greater Kyushu region by adding an interchange in a strategic location and 2) to accelerate the future development of a nearby industrial complex. At present, the 10.6 km distance between Tosu and Kurume is the longest stretch of uninterrupted expressway in Fukuoka south of the Fukuoka Interchange. Officials hope a new interchange near the busy Tosu Junction will help alleviate traffic congestion. The new interchange is scheduled to go into operation in fiscal 2017. Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20160718\/ddp\/041\/010\/015000c\" target=\"_blank\">Mainichi Shimbun, 7\/18<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kyushu-Expressway-e1469514262323.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"Kyushu Expressway\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-89308\" \/><br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kyushu_Expressway.svg\" target=\"_blank\">Photo source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has come to light that Fukuoka and Saga prefectures are mulling a new \u201csmart\u201d expressway interchange on the Kyushu Expressway between the Tosu Junction and Kurume to be located at Ajisaka in Ogori City, Fukuoka&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26469,"featured_media":89308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-89340","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/89340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}