Transport minister says most railways, roads, airports, ports usable
Tokyo,Japan -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Hisane Masaki -29 March 2011: -- Restoration work on Japanese transportation systems devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern part of the country has made significant progress, a transport minister said on Tuesday... All 15 affected major ports along the Pacific coast of the Tohoku and Kanto regions reopened by March 24. They are usable for both disaster-related and ordinary purposes... All 11 local airports in the northeastern part of the country had reopened earlier. All but one of them are usable for both disaster-related and ordinary purposes. Sendai Airport in Miyagi Prefecture, which suffered serious damage as it bore the brunt of the killer tsunami, is available only to aircraft carrying relief supplies... As of 9:00 a.m. on Monday Japan time, five vital arterial roads crisscrossing the Tohoku region, where all worst-hit areas are located, had mostly reopened - 97 to 100 percent for disaster-related purposes and 93 to 100 percent for ordinary purposes, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's latest update on recovery efforts for transportation systems... The five vital arterial roads are the Tohoku Expressway; the Joban Expressway; Route 4; Route 6; and Route 45...
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