Scottish Transport Statistics No18: 1999 Edition: Page 27

Scottish Transport Statistics No18: 1999 Edition

Table 5.3 Trunk road area constructed/re-surfaced etc

	1987-88	1988-89	1989-90	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98
Area	million square metres
New roads constructed/opened	0.33	0.36	0.39	0.67	0.54	0.41	0.45	0.81	0.26	0.83	0.24
Reconstructed¹	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.24	0.24
Strengthened	0.94	1.31	1.20	1.48	1.29	1.27	0.28	0.79	0.66	1.09	0.89
Surface dressed	1.36	1.11	1.35	1.32	1.84	1.38	1.23	0.94	1.63	1.85	1.59
Total	2.63	2.77	2.94	3.46	3.66	3.07	1.97	2.54	2.55	4.01	2.96

Percentages of total	percentages
New roads constructed/opened	13	13	13	19	15	13	23	32	10	21	8
Reconstructed¹	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	8
Strengthened	36	47	41	43	35	41	14	31	26	27	30
Surface dressed	52	40	46	38	50	45	63	37	64	46	54
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Equivalent road lane length	lane-kilometres (estimated)
New roads constructed/opened	94	103	111	190	153	118	129	231	73	237	67
Reconstructed¹	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	67	69
Strengthened	269	373	344	423	369	363	81	225	189	313	255
Surface dressed	387	316	386	376	524	395	352	270	465	527	455
Total	750	792	841	989	1,046	876	561	726	727	1145	847

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

Table 5.4 Trunk road area constructed/re-surfaced etc, by unit, 1997-98

Unit	New road constructed for traffic	Reconstructed	Strengthened	Surface Dressed	Total
Area	million square metres
Clyde	-	0.04	0.08	0.03	0.16
Forth	0.17	0.03	0.16	0.01	0.37
Tay	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.02	0.27
North East	-	-	0.03	0.28	0.31
North West	-	0.01	0.18	1.02	1.20
Central	-	0.06	0.10	-	0.15
South East	-	0.01	0.09	0.03	0.12
South West	-	0.01	0.16	0.21	0.38
Total	0.24	0.24	0.89	1.59	2.96

Percentages of total	percentages
Clyde	-	18	9	2	5
Forth	70	12	18	1	12
Tay	30	36	10	2	9
North East	-	-	3	17	10
North West	-	2	20	64	40
Central	-	23	11	-	5
South East	-	5	10	2	4
South West	-	6	18	13	13
Total	100	100	100	100	100

Equivalent road lane length	lane-kilometres (estimated)
Clyde	-	13	24	10	46
Forth	47	8	46	3	105
Tay	20	25	26	7	77
North East	-	-	8	79	88
North West	-	1	50	290	341
Central	-	16	27	-	43
South East	-	3	25	7	35
South West	-	4	46	59	109
Total	67	69	255	455	847