Key figures 2006 Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Table of contents About NPRA 4 Financial 7 Road sector challenges 8 Roads and traffic factsheet 2006 10 Principal activities 2006 13 Roadworks contractors 2006 15 0623-07 grafisk.senter@vegvesen.no
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
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 2004 2005 2006 6 204 4732 184 47 45 531 1 232 12 964 2 774 15 738 1 475 909 2 384 18 122 6 186 102 4 946 265 47 31 428 1 271 13 277 3 829 17 106 1 422 795 2 217 19 323 Trends in state grants for road purposes 1970-2006 Investments, state funds and external funding Operations, maintenance, users, vehicles Investments Ferry operation External funding 6381 333 4 528 305 382 885 1 356 14 172 4 305 18 477 1 470 1 137 2 607 21 084 Supplements county roads, public transport, Action School Route
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 1948 2006 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 2006. Steep reduction in first 20 years, since then gradual, slight reduction. 300% 250% 200% 150% 100% 50% 0% Risk development in traffic 1970 2006 Commitment to traffic safety and numbers killed and injured, 1970 2006 Traffic safety work Injured Killed and severely injured 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total traffic volume in kilometres driven per year has tripled since 1970, yet the numbers of killed and severely injured have fallen by 70%.
Roads and traffic factsheet 2006 Roads and traffic factsheet 2006 Road lengths at 1st January 2007 in km Goods transport 1985 2005 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 145 354 151 532 714 494 157 379 317 147 240 616 628 502 365 342 1085 562 1114 8844 Other national 765 734 63 1473 948 688 525 852 612 832 941 1244 1206 1315 1167 1235 1642 1206 1025 18473 Total national 910 1088 214 2005 1662 1182 682 1231 929 979 1181 1860 1834 1817 1532 1577 2727 1768 2139 27317 County roads 1004 1115 0 2535 2069 1169 680 1100 990 1303 1806 1763 1430 1771 1642 1766 2577 1729 626 27075 Municipal roads 1740 2402 1106 2099 1869 1756 1307 1782 1016 1663 2995 3092 2037 2746 2039 1991 3531 1895 1462 38528 Total public roads 3654 4605 1320 6639 5600 4107 2669 4113 2935 3945 5982 6715 5301 6334 5213 5334 8835 5392 4227 92920 Unmetalled roads 158 259 111 131 135 204 176 131 98 83 301 62 62 208 106 111 120 110 60 2626 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 40 35 30 24 20 15 10 5 0 1985 1995 2000 2005 Passenger transport 1980 2006 80 70 Road Sea Rail Road Air Rail Billion people/km 60 50 40 30 20 Sea 10 0 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 10 11
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 2004 1 977 922 30 592 85 149 284 029 74 407 5 628 588 2 458 315 2005 2 028 909 28 783 79 705 302 956 76 111 6 047 620 2 523 131 2006 2 084 193 26 954 73 904 331 052 76 326 6 648 635 2 599 712 Change in % 2005-2006 2,7 % -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 420 13 101 000 86 000 152 000 665 000 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 54 12 13
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 20066 These are the 10 largest contractors working for NPRA Figures to nearest mio 5173 798 770 622 571 494 271 248 210 156 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: 229 000 170 000 93 000 61 000 1 429 000 85 000 268 000 18 000 14 15
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