Key figures Norwegian Public Roads Administration

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1 Key figures 2006 Norwegian Public Roads Administration

2 Table of contents About NPRA 4 Financial 7 Road sector challenges 8 Roads and traffic factsheet Principal activities Roadworks contractors grafisk.senter@vegvesen.no

3 About the Norwegian Public Roads Administration The NPRA is responsible for the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of Norway s national and county road networks, the national vehicle ferries, and the supervision of vehicles and road users. The NPRA also provides rules and regulations for the design of roads, traffic flows, driver training and vehicles. Organisation chart NPRA (2006) Strategy Secretariat Information Secretariat Internal Auditing Secretariat International Affairs Director General Deputy Director General About NPRA The NPRA is guided by a vision: On the road to a better society. By taking responsibility and earning trust, by being open and welcoming to users, by being accepting and embracing the challenges, the NPRA seeks to play a vital role in the community. The NPRA is an executive arm of the public administration, answerable to the Ministry of Transport. Each year the Ministry sets out the appropriations in a budget, with goals and priorities for the NPRA. The NPRA is overseen by the Director General, who is head of the Roads Directorate. The latter has five geographically divided Regional Roads Offices, who delegate to thirty local offices. The NPRA answers to the Ministry of Transport on national roads issues. For county roads the Regional Roads Offices answer to the respective County Council. Roads Directorate Road Development Department Environment Planning and Real Estate Section Contracting Section Program Development Section Transport Analysis Section Western Region Roads and Traffic Department Roads and Ferries Management Section Vehicles Section Road User Section Systems Section Traffic Safety Section Technology Department Materials Technology Section Soil Mechanics and Tunnel Technology Bridge Technology Section Centre for Road and Traffic Technology Administration Department Personnel and Organizational Financial Section Legal Section Norwegian Roads Museum Information Technology Administrative Services Northern Region Central Region Southern Region Eastern Region

4 About NPRA The Norwegian Public Roads Administration researches and develops future road networks to enable users to reach their destinations more easily and safely, and with minimum harm to the environment. To achieve our Zero Casualty vision: nobody injured and nobody killed on the roads the NPRA works energetically to instil good attitudes and safety skills among present and future generations of drivers and road users. Causing minimum disturbance to the countryside and using eco-friendly building materials wherever possible to cut down on noise and dust, the NPRA is working to make life alongside our roads as community friendly and environmentally friendly as possible. The NPRA is both custodian and narrator of our roads heritage, and of its future, including the Roads Museum at Lillehammer and the designated Touring Norway routes. Drawing on experience from all types of weather and driving conditions, the NPRA is a knowledge partner for many other countries worldwide who are able to share in our know-how, including in Latin America, Africa and Asia. National roads Line 23 Traffic control, operation and maintenance, national roads etc Line 29 Support for OPS project Line 30 National roads investment Line 31 Rock slide security Line 33 Offset, increased NI contributions Line 35 Road development, Bjørvika Line 60 Research trials Line 72 Purchase, ferry services Total state funding External funding 1) Total National roads County roads Operation and maintenance Investments Total county roads Total national and county roads 1) External funding includes toll roads, advances and grants 2) Price estimates using Ministry of Finance prognosis index Million 2006 kr Financial Grants to national and county roads programmes million 2006 kr Trends in state grants for road purposes Investments, state funds and external funding Operations, maintenance, users, vehicles Investments Ferry operation External funding Supplements county roads, public transport, Action School Route

5 Challenges in roads sector Capital deficit for road maintenance Maintenance of the road network has been neglected for many years. The capital deficit for national roads is estimated at 14 bn kroner, and for County roads 11 bn. Challenges in roads sector Deaths on the roads Need to invest in National roads network To develop the national network according to the standard indicated in the national roads standards, some 500 billion kroner should be invested, of which about 230 billion on major routes. Environmental emissions and noise Emissions from road traffic reached equivalent to 10.1 million tons of CO2 in 2006 compared to 9.8 million tons in 2005, an increase of 3 %. The estimated number of people living along national roads who, at 1January 2007, suffered exposure beyond the national targets for dust particles PM10 and gas NO2, which will come into force from 2010, is 21,000 and 10,000 respectively. Road traffic accidents Road traffic caused an average of 290 deaths each year during the past decade. The average number of non-fatal RTA casualties reported is 12,000 per year. Traffic safety commitment brings results Since 1970 we have seen a halving of the number of people killed in traffic, despite a more than threefold increase in volume. This result would not have been possible without a massive effort in many areas. The NPRA is the largest body involved in traffic safety, with many other dedicated partners providing valuable contributions. The measures that have probably produced the greatest results are the review and redesign of traffic accident hotspots and dangerous roads. This work continues and is becoming more efficient due to road traffic safety inspections. The increasing reliance on seat-belts and other vehicle safety measures have also helped bring down the figures. It should be mentioned that modern roads and road improvements give good results. The efforts of the police and installation of speed cameras to maintain speed limits have also been very effective. Positive trend since 1970 halved by Steep reduction in first 20 years, since then gradual, slight reduction. 300% 250% 200% 150% 100% 50% 0% Risk development in traffic Commitment to traffic safety and numbers killed and injured, Traffic safety work Injured Killed and severely injured Total traffic volume in kilometres driven per year has tripled since 1970, yet the numbers of killed and severely injured have fallen by 70%.

6 Roads and traffic factsheet 2006 Roads and traffic factsheet 2006 Road lengths at 1st January 2007 in km Goods transport County Østfold Akershus Oslo Hedmark Oppland Buskerud Vestfold Telemark Aust-Agder Vest-Agder Rogaland Hordaland Sogn og Fjordane Møre og Romsdal Sør-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag Nordland Troms Finnmark Total Major routes Other national Total national County roads Municipal roads Total public roads Unmetalled roads Roughly 70 % of traffic on public roads uses the national network. Heavy goods vehicles account for 10 % plus. Road traffic grew by 1.7 % in 2006, less than the 2.1 % on average for the past 10 years. Billion ton/km Passenger transport Road Sea Rail Road Air Rail Billion people/km Sea

7 Roads and traffic factsheet 2006 Principal activities 2006 Motor vehicle statistics in Norway Traffic safety Registered vehicles at 31 December Type of vehicle Passenger cars Buses Combi vehicles Vans Lorries Towing vehicles Tracked vehicles Total vehicles Change in % ,7 % -6,4 % -7,3 % 9,3 % 0,3 % 9,9 % 2,4 % 3,0 % In 2006 the NPRA took measures designed to reduce by 20 the number of people killed or severely injured in traffic. Special traffic safety measures in 2006 Kms of national (Riksvei) road hotspots with accident reduction measures Kms of central barrier Vehicle inspections: - Driving hours and rest periods on road - Driving hours and rest periods by hauliers - HGV roadside inspections - Safety-belt inspections Environment There is a significant impact on the environment due to road traffic and road construction. The NPRA has few means of reducing harmful carbon emissions or NO2. Therefore the main focus of the NPRA is the reduction of disruptive noise due to traffic. Kms of roads opened to traffic Kms of 4-lane highway 11 Kms of 2 and 3-lane highway 102 Kms of pedestrian and cycle paths

8 Principal activities 2006 Major projects on the following roads were opened to traffic: Rv. 4 Raufoss E18 Drammen Rv. 283 Drammen Rv. 311 Tønsberg Rv. 42 Lyngdal-Farsund E134 Haugesund-Odda E136 Romsdal E12 Mo i Rana Improvements to rock-slide prone roads Slide-prone sites secured 44 Slide-prone stretches secured 11 Roadworks contractors Mesta AS NCC AS Skanska Norge AS Veidekke Entreprenør AS Kolo veidekke AS AF Skandinavia AS Mika AS Bilfinger Berger AG Lemminkäinen Norge AS RA Prosjekt E18 Kopstad - Gulli Roadworks contractors These are the 10 largest contractors working for NPRA Figures to nearest mio Asphalt operations The amount spent on road surface maintenance in 2006 was NOK 665 million. Production by Roads Offices Issuance of driving licences: Driving tests - theory: Driving tests - practical: Initial vehicle approval: Vehicle registration document transactions: Sales notices: Deregistration: Periodic vehicle inspections:

9 Norwegian Public Roads Administration 16 NPRA - Statens vegvesen P.O.Box 8142 Dept 0033 Oslo Tel