SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 20: 2001 Edition: page 46


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Table 5.3 Trunk road area constructed/re-surfaced etc

	1989-90	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00
Area
million square metres
New roads
constructed/opened	0.39	0.67	0.54	0.41	0.45	0.81	0.26	0.83	0.24	0.14	0.08
Reconstructed¹	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.24	0.24	0.32	0.57
Strengthened	1.20	1.48	1.29	1.27	0.28	0.79	0.66	1.09	0.89	0.88	1.09
Surface dressed	1.35	1.32	1.84	1.38	1.23	0.94	1.63	1.85	1.59	0.95	1.60
Total	2.94	3.46	3.66	3.07	1.97	2.54	2.55	4.01	2.96	2.29	3.34
Percentages of total
percentages
New roads
constructed/opened	13	19	15	13	23	32	10	21	8	6	2
Reconstructed¹	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	8	14	17
Strengthened	41	43	35	41	14	31	26	27	30	38	33
Surface dressed	46	38	50	45	63	37	64	46	54	41	48
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Equivalent road lane length
lane-kilometres (estimated)
New roads
constructed/opened	111	190	153	118	129	231	73	237	67	40	24
Reconstructed¹	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	67	69	91	164
Strengthened	344	423	369	363	81	225	189	313	255	251	311
Surface dressed	386	376	524	395	352	270	465	527	455	271	457
Total	841	989	1,046	876	561	726	727	1,145	847	654	955

1. Due to a change in the calculation of 'residual life' of roads, the additional category of 'reconstructed' (a form of strengthening) was added in 1996-97

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