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Road construction costs up 1.8 per cent
Road construction costs rose by 1.8 per cent from the second to the third quarter of this year. From the third quarter of 2006 to the third quarter of 2007, total construction costs increased by 6.4 per cent, while material costs increased by 7.8 per cent.
The construction costs of open air roads increased by 1.9 per cent from the second quarter to the third quarter. The costs of rock tunnels and concrete bridges increased by 1.8 and 1.5 per cent respectively in the same period.
The construction costs of concrete bridges had the highest increase during the last year and are now 7.9 per cent higher than in the third quarter of 2006. The construction costs of open air roads and rock tunnels have increased by 6.1 and 5.3 per cent respectively in the same period.
The maintenance costs of roads increased by 2.2 per cent from the second to the third quarter of 2007 and are now 5.6 per cent higher than one year ago.
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3rd Quarter 2007 |
3rd Quarter 2006-
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Road constructions, total | 118.9 | 1.8 | 6.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open air road | 117.5 | 1.9 | 6.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concrete bridge | 124.7 | 1.5 | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rock tunnel | 116.3 | 1.8 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3rd Quarter 2006-
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Maintenance of roads, total | 118.0 | 2.2 | 5.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asphalt work | 125.9 | 3.1 | 5.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maintenance in wintertime | 115.0 | 2.2 | 4.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Handeland Skjæveland
E-mail: martin.skjaeveland@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 81 14 17
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Hanne Beate Høiby
E-mail: hanne.hoiby@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 81 14 28