On April 7, the waiting room, for which Japanese cedar grown in Niigata Prefecture were used as interior materials, was completed at the concourse within the ticket gates; this project made use of the 'Initiative for Promoting the Use of Trees of Echigo Origin' promoted by the Niigata Prefectural Government.
また4月7日には改札内コンコースに新潟県産越後杉を内装材などに使用した待合室が開設されたが、これは新潟県が進める「越後のふるさと木づかい事業」を活用したものである。