Rise in road maintenance spending

A report on road maintenance in 13 European nations highlights Italy as spending the most on its network in 2007. According to the data, Italy spent €835 million on road maintenance followed by the Netherlands with €786 million, the UK with €753 million and Spain with €718 million.
May 15, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A report on road maintenance in 13 European nations highlights Italy as spending the most on its network in 2007.

According to the data, Italy spent €835 million on road maintenance followed by the Netherlands with €786 million, the UK with €753 million and Spain with €718 million.

However, the Spanish government spent just €29,000/km/year on its 24,185km roads network while Switzerland spent €291,900/km/year. By comparison the Netherlands spent €245,700/km/year; Belgium, €138,300/km/year; France, €49,900/km/year and Hungary spent €47,100/km/year. In 2009, road maintenance investment in Spain rose to €1.33 billion.

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