* Simultaneous announcement at Aichi Cluband Prefectural Press Club
October 13 (Tue), 2015
Aichi Prefectural Road Public Corporation
General Affairs Section, General Affairs Department:
Kojima, Takeda
Internal line within the prefectural government's office:4987/4988
Tel: 052-961-1621
Road Maintenance Division, Department of Construction,
Aichi Prefecture
Tollway Concession Section
Concession
Promotion/PublicCorporation
Administration Group
Persons in charge: Kawaguchi, KuwabaraInternal line: 2711/2691
Dial-in: 052-954-6537

Announcement of Implementation Policy for
Tollway Concession("Implementation Policy for Projects including AichiPrefecture Tollway Operation")In this prefecture, with regard to the tollways that the Aichi Prefectural Road
Public Corporation has been administrating under the Act on Special Measuresconcerning Road Construction and Improvement (Act No. 7 of 1956), we plan toimplement the public corporation-administered road operation project to beconducted by private business operators (tollway concession), for the purpose ofproviding inexpensive and high quality services for users and enhancing theconvenience of tollways through the originality and ingenuity of private business
operators, revitalizing the local economy through development of the areas
along the roads, etc., and creating new business opportunities, etc. for private
business operators.
On July 15 of this year, the Act amending part of the Act on Special Districtsfor Structural Reform (Act No. 189 of 2002) was enforced. As a result, thespecial measure, in which the right to operate public facility etc. stipulated in theAct on Promotion of Private Finance Initiative (PFI Act) (Act No. 117 of 1999) canbe established for the public corporation-administered roads, has beenlegislated.
Moreover, on September 9, the zone plan of this prefecture was approved bythe Prime Minister based on the National Strategic Special Zone system;
therefore, it became possible to apply this special measure to 8 public
corporation-administered roads of the Aichi Prefectural Road Public Corporation.
In response to this, the Aichi Prefectural Road Public Corporation will stipulate
and announce the implementation policy for this project ("Implementation Policyfor Projects including Aichi Prefecture Tollway Operation") under the provisions
defined in Article 5 of the PFI Act, and accept queries and opinions from private-1-business operators.

1 Major contents of the "Implementation Policy for Projects including AichiPrefecture Tollway Operation"
As described in the Attachment

2 Holding of explanatory meeting regarding the "Implementation Policy for
Projects including Aichi Prefecture Tollway Operation"(1) Date and Time:(2) Place:

10:00 - 11:30 on October 20 (Tue), 2015
Nagoya Conference room, Prime Central Tower Nagoya
Ekimae Branch
Nagoya Prime Central Tower 13F, 27-8, Meieki 2-chome,

Nishi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi(3) Application for participation
Deadline:
No later than 12:00pm (noon) on October 19 (Mon), 2015
Apply to:General Affairs Section, General Affairs Department,
Aichi Prefectural Road Public Corporation

3 Acceptance of queries and opinions regarding the "Implementation Policy forProjects including Aichi Prefecture Tollway Operation"(1) Acceptance period: From October 14 (Wed), 2015
No later than 17:00 on October 27 (Tue), 2015(2) Submit to:General Affairs Section, General Affairs Department,
Aichi Prefectural Road Public Corporation* For details about the contents (mentioned in 1 above), explanatory meeting(mentioned in 2 above) and acceptance of queries/opinions (mentioned in 3above) of the "Implementation Policy for Projects including Aichi PrefectureTollway Operation", please refer the website of the Aichi Prefectural Road
Public Corporation.

-2-<Reference> Main future schedule, etc.
Around November of2015

Selection of qualified project
Publication of invitation outline, etc.

Around January of 2016

Submission deadline of the letter of participationand primary examination documents

Around February of 2016

Notice of the primary examination result

Around February - Marchof 2016
Around May of 2016

Implementation of competitive dialogues

Around June of 2016
Around July of 2016

Submission deadline of the secondary examination
documents
Determination and announcement of holder of firstrefusal right
Conclusion of basic agreement
Establishment and announcement of the right tooperateAround August of 2016

Conclusion and announcement of implementation
contract

Around October of 2016

Start of the project-3-