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Continued decrease in road construction costs
Road construction costs decreased by 0.5 per cent from the fourth quarter 2008 to the first quarter 2009 after a decrease of 2 per cent from the third to the fourth quarter last year. The total road construction costs are now 2.7 per cent higher than in first quarter 2008.
The construction costs of concrete bridges decreased the most; down 1.1 per cent from the fourth quarter 2008 to the first quarter 2009. The construction costs are now 5.3 per cent higher than in the first quarter 2008.
Construction costs of open air road decreased by 0.5 per cent the last quarter, and are 1.2 per cent higher than one year ago.
Construction costs of rock tunnels rose by 0.3 per cent from the fourth quarter 2008 to the first quarter 2009 and the last year the costs increased by 4.4 per cent.
Moderate prices in asphalt work
The construction costs of asphalt work decreased by 5.6 per cent from the fourth quarter 2008 to the first quarter 2009. The costs of asphalt work decreased by 7.2 per cent in the last year. The costs of winter maintenance roads remained unchanged the last quarter.
1st quarter 2009 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4th quarter 2008- 1st quarter 2009 |
1st quarter 2008- 1st quarter 2009 |
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Road constructions, total | 127.7 | -0.5 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open air road | 125.6 | -0.5 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concrete bridge | 135.6 | -1.1 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rock tunnel | 125.0 | 0.3 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4th quarter 2008- 1st quarter 2009 |
1st quarter 2008- 1st quarter 2009 |
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Maintenance of roads, total | 125.1 | -1.2 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asphalt work | 125.0 | -5.6 | -7.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maintenance in wintertime | 123.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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