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Higher costs for road construction
Road construction costs increased by 2.7 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2010 to the first quarter of 2011. The costs of machinery rose by 3.5 per cent, while labour and material costs increased by 2.7 and 2.4 per cent respectively.
The construction costs of open air roads increased by 3 per cent, while the costs of rock tunnels and concrete bridges rose by 2.4 and 2.3 per cent respectively.
From the first quarter of 2010 to the first quarter of 2011 the construction cost of concrete bridges, open air roads and rock tunnels increased by 6.8, 5.7 and 5.1 per cent respectively.
The maintenance costs of roads increased by 3 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2010 to the first quarter of 2011, and are 6.6 per cent higher than in the first quarter of 2010.
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Road constructions, total | 138.7 | 2.7 | 5.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open air road | 138.3 | 3.0 | 5.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concrete bridge | 143.7 | 2.3 | 6.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rock tunnel | 134.3 | 2.4 | 5.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maintenance of roads, total | 139.5 | 3.0 | 6.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asphalt work | 153.2 | 5.3 | 8.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maintenance in wintertime | 133.2 | 2.1 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Handeland Skjæveland
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