Skip to main content

Spain needs €6.5bn road infrastructure investment, says SHA

Spain needs around €6.5 billion spent on its road infrastructure to bring it back up to ‘reasonable’ quality standard, according to a report drawn up by the Spanish Highways Association (SHA). The huge works’ bill is said by the SHA to be due to the deterioration of the roads since 1985. According to McKinsey, this investment could be reduced if tendering authorities made more effort when it came to project analysis. By improving the use of engineering services by 3% to 5% per investment, cost savings of
April 14, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Spain needs around €6.5 billion spent on its road infrastructure to bring it back up to ‘reasonable’ quality standard, according to a report drawn up by the Spanish Highways Association (SHA).

The huge works’ bill is said by the SHA to be due to the deterioration of the roads since 1985. According to McKinsey, this investment could be reduced if tendering authorities made more effort when it came to project analysis. By improving the use of engineering services by 3% to 5% per investment, cost savings of up to 40% could be gained.

Spain is increasingly distancing itself from the average investment made in engineering in Europe, as the government spends fewer funds on infrastructures despite their worsening state. According to Bricard Associates, Spanish investment in engineering comes to under 4.5% of total infrastructure investment, while the European average is 8.4%.

Related Content

  • Increasing demand for geosynthetics reinforcement
    April 16, 2012
    Demand for geosynthetics in the United States alone is projected to increase 4.4% per year through to 2010 to more than 727 million m². Geosynthetics, used worldwide in the highway sector for strengthening, include geotextiles, geomembranes, geonets, geogrids, geosynthetic clay liners, preformed geocomposites, geocells and geofoams. The US advances will be fuelled by a recovery in nonbuilding construction. Additionally, geosynthetics will continue to increase their use in a wider range of applications
  • South Korea government’s US$108.61bn for transport infrastructure
    July 9, 2013
    The South Korean government is supporting 167 infrastructure projects, including the construction of new expressways, nationwide with an investment of US$108.61 billion (KRW 124tn), according to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. Under the plan, the government will invest $35.2 billion (KRW 40tn) on 71 projects that have already been launched. It will spend another $73.41 billion (KRW 84tn) on 96 new projects. The government will seek as much investment from the private sector as possible to ease the bur
  • Transport investment bill plea in open letter to US Congress
    March 15, 2012
    A partnership of American road and transport-minded bodies and individuals has delivered an open letter to Congress urging the approval of the multi-year surface transport investment bill. More than 1,000 entities signed the letter from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) coalition.
  • Nordic road conditions vary
    February 8, 2021
    Nordic road conditions vary between Sweden and Norway.