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1. Basic stance on reconstruction efforts
It is extremely important to reconstruct and develop the Hanshin-Awaji region
as soon as possible. For this reason, the government implemented various measures
for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the region in compiling the fiscal
1995 and 1996 budgets. As a result, all the railways have been rehabilitated.
The ports and harbors devastated by the earthquake are expected to return to
normal by the end of fiscal 1996 in general.
2. Reconstruction of railways and ports
Regarding railways, JR no longer shows any signs of aftereffects of the
earthquake. It has been recording a year-on-year monthly increase in terms of
the volume of passengers transported since April 1995, On the other hand, private
railways have not fully recovered in this respect. They still suffer from the
aftereffects of the quake (Fig.
27). Of the 201 liner routes to and from the port of Kobe, 172 routes (including
21 new ones) have been reopened. As of July 1996, the number of vessels coming
into the port is about 98% of the figure before the quake and that of oceangoing
ships entering the port represents about 88%. The volume of cargo handled by
Kobe Port has recovered to about 81% of the level of July 1994, and that of
foreign trade container cargo to about 76% (Table
14).
3. Reconstruction of tourism
About 90% of tourist facilities such as accommodations hotels, amusement
parks, museums, and irnportant cultural Kobe are reopened as of June 30, 1996.
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