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Road construction costs up 1.2 per cent
Road construction costs increased by 1.2 per cent from the first quarter of 2016 to the second quarter of 2016. Material costs rose by 2.3 per cent in the same period.
| 2nd quarter 2016 | Change in per cent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter 2016 - 2nd quarter 2016 | 2nd quarter 2015 - 2nd quarter 2016 | ||
| Road construction, total | 157.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Open air roads | 156.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Concrete bridges | 164.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| Rock tunnels | 154.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| Maintenance of roads, total | 154.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
| Asphalt work | 159.8 | 3.8 | -4.3 |
| Maintenance in wintertime | 147.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
The construction costs of open air roads increased by 1.2 per cent, while the costs of rock tunnels and concrete bridges both rose by 1.0 per cent.
Over the past year, the construction costs of concrete bridges and rock tunnels have both risen by 2.4 per cent. Costs for open air roads rose by 0.7 per cent in the same period.
The maintenance costs of roads increased by 1.7 per cent from the first quarter of 2016 to the second quarter of 2016, and were 0.2 per cent higher than in the second quarter of 2015.
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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