United efforts involving the shopping district and local residents continued on from FY 2005 for Omiya Ginza Street shopping district to create a pleasant road space following the work to relocate power lines and other utilities underground while developing a space creating a sense of unity with the station plaza. Subsequently from FY 2009, the old arcade was removed along with relocation of the power lines, etc. underground and road improvement. This renewal work was completed in September, 2012.
The work of EJEC included the organization of a workshop for local residents in FY 2005 to discuss the future state of Omiya Ginza Street, examining the required functions, street width and street design to create a pleasant road space. In FY 2006, EJEC clarified the pending issues to achieve the desirable state of this shopping street in the future and conducted a social experiment of particularly important traffic management. This experiment was conducted in September, 2007. Based on the findings of this social experiment, the direction for local development was finalized. The preliminary road design work was conducted in FY 2008 and EJEC was also responsible for the management of development work from FY 2009 and thereafter.
Through a series of such work, EJEC successfully completed the renewal of road space along Omiya Ginza Street, which formed part of the “Omotenashi (hospitable) pedestrian area”, a critical part of the transport strategy for the district around Omiya Station.