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Increased road construction costs
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Construction cost index for road construction, Q3 2016

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Increased road construction costs

The road construction costs increased by 1.1 per cent from the second quarter of 2016 to the third quarter of 2016. Material costs rose by 2.3 per cent in the same period.

Construction cost index for road constructions. 1st quarter 2004=100Published 12 October 2016
3rd quarter 2016Change in per cent
2nd quarter 2016 - 3rd quarter 20163rd quarter 2015 - 3rd quarter 2016
Road construction, total159.21.12.1
Open air roads157.71.01.3
Concrete bridges166.01.13.0
Rock tunnels156.21.33.3
 
Maintenance of roads, total157.01.41.6
Asphalt work167.14.51.0
Maintenance in wintertime148.60.90.8

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Construction cost index for road constructions and Cost index for maintenance of roads. Percentage change from the same quarter the previous year

The construction costs of open air roads increased by 1.0 per cent from the second to the third quarter of 2016, while the costs of concrete bridges and rock tunnels rose by 1.1 and 1.3 per cent respectively in the same period. Since the third quarter of 2016 the construction costs of open air roads, concrete bridges and rock tunnels have risen by 1.3, 3.0 and 3.3 per cent respectively. 

The maintenance of roads costs increased by 1.4 per cent from the second quarter of 2016 to the third quarter of 2016, and it was 1.6 per cent higher than in the third quarter of 2015. The material costs related to asphalt work were increased by 8.0 per cent from the second to the third quarter of 2016.