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Road construction costs up 0.6 per cent
Road construction costs rose by 0.6 per cent from the first to the second quarter of 2009. Material costs increased by 0.9 per cent.
The construction costs of open air roads rose the most, with a 1.7 per cent increase during the last quarter. The costs of rock tunnels remained unchanged, while the costs of concrete bridges decreased by 1.5 per cent.
The maintenance costs of roads increased by 1.31 per cent from the first to the second quarter of 2009. In the same period, the construction costs of asphalt work rose by 4.5 per cent.
2nd Quarter 2009 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1st Quarter 2009-
2nd Quarter 2009 |
2nd Quarter 2008-
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Road constructions, total | 128.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open air road | 127.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concrete bridge | 133.6 | -1.5 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rock tunnel | 125.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1st Quarter 2009-
2nd Quarter 2009 |
2nd Quarter 2008-
2nd Quarter 2009 |
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Maintenance of roads, total1 | 126.7 | 1.3 | -0.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asphalt work | 130.6 | 4.5 | -6.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maintenance in wintertime1 | 123.4 | 0.1 | -0.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Corrected 04.11.09 |
Tables:
- Table 1 Construction cost index for road constructions. 1st quarter 2004=100
- Table 2 Cost index for maintenance of roads. 1st Quarter 2004=100 (Corrected 04.11.09)
- Table 3 Construction cost index for road constructions.1st quarter 2004=100
- Table 4 Cost index for maintenance of roads. 1st Quarter 2004=100 (Corrected 04.11.09)
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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