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Higher costs for maintenance of roads
The maintenance cost of roads increased by 7 per cent from the third quarter of 2010 to the third quarter of 2011. The material costs rose by 11.8 per cent, while labour and machinery costs increased by 6.2 and 5.1 per cent respectively in the same period.
The costs of asphalt work rose by 11.5 per cent during the last year. The reason is increased prices on bitumen.
From the second to the third quarter this year the costs of maintenance in wintertime and asphalt work rose by 0.7 and 0.4 per cent respectively.
The costs of road construction increased by 6.9 per cent
From the third quarter of 2010 to the third quarter of 2011 the construction costs of open air roads, concrete bridges and rock tunnels rose by 6.9, 5.5 and 5 per cent respectively.
The construction costs of open air roads rose by 0.9 per cent, while the costs of concrete bridges and rock tunnels increased by 0.7 and 0.4 per cent respectively.
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Road constructions, total | 142.0 | 0.8 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open air road | 142.1 | 0.9 | 6.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concrete bridge | 146.7 | 0.7 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rock tunnel | 136.1 | 0.4 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maintenance of roads, total | 143.2 | 0.6 | 7.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asphalt work | 160.9 | 0.4 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maintenance in wintertime | 136.0 | 0.7 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Handeland Skjæveland
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