Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 4.3 Trunk road constructed/re-surfaced etc
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11 (prov)
Equivalent road lane length											lane-kilometres (estimated)
New roads
constructed/opened	32	5	9	24	89	108	7	-	58	-	52
Reconstructed¹	31	53	58	86	105	142	114	80	56	51	24
Strengthened	133	209	304	319	256	280	324	170	194	213	193
Surface dressed	191	59	178	34	121	66	88	79	123	30	31
Total	387	326	549	463	571	596	533	329	431	294	300
Percentages of total											percentages
New roads
constructed/opened	8	2	2	5	16	18	1	-	13	-	17
Reconstructed¹	8	16	11	19	18	24	21	24	13	17	8
Strengthened	34	64	55	69	45	47	61	52	45	72	64
Surface dressed	49	18	32	7	21	11	17	24	29	10	10
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
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