Icelandic Country Report and ideas of Transport Administration Restructuring Dr. Hreinn Haraldsson Director General Icelandic Road Administration
66 1 /2 23 1 /2 14 1 /2 19 66 1 /2 ICELAND 65 Area 103.000 km 2 Population 319.000 (Capital area 197.000) 65 63 1 /2 63 1 /2 23 1 /2 141 /2 19
Classification : Primary Roads 4230 km Secondary Roads 4003 km Mountain Tracks 2576 km County Roads 2225 km Ferries 264 km Total 13034 km
365 Lyngdalsheiðarvegur
41 Reykjanesbraut
Number of employees 1983-2007 454 414 385 370 358 345 345 342 340 340 338 341 346 347 345 339 338 341 352 357 328 327 328 320 311 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Different roles Road plans, design, tendering, supervision Operation and service of the roadsystem Ferries, Public Transport & Air subsidies Taxi-drivers Control axel load, vehicle dimensions oil (taxed / tax-free) km-based taxes of heavy vehicles rest-time/driving time
Car Park 2008 Passenger Cars 197.291 Other Vehicles x30.029 Total 227.320 Passenger cars per 1.000 persons xxx.658
Transport 2006 Passenger Goods Car / Truck 97,3 % 66,0 % Sea x0,2 % 33,9 % Air x2,5 % x 0,5 %
12 year transportation plan 2007 2011 2015 2018 Revised every 4th year. We have now started to prepare strategy for 2019-2022 4 year transportation plan 2007 2008 2009 2010 Revised every 2nd year. We are revising 2009-2010 and adding 2011-2012
Political priorities, new constructions 2007-2018 The Capital area - New traffic routes - Interchanges on heavily trafficated intersections -Noise Roads out of the Capital area - Increase the capacity - Increase the safety Tunnels - Replace surface mountain roads - Decrease travel time within service and school areas - Traffic safety
Road plan 2007 2010 Main projects
Sources of income 2007 (204 million ) Extra funds for tunnels from the Treasury 19,7 10% 21% Extra funds from the Treasury 43,6 37% 5% 27% Diesel oil tax 55,3 Petrol tax 74,0 Earmarked income total 69 % 0% Other 0,1 Km tax 11,2
Sources of income 2008 (249 million ) Extra funds for tunnels from the Treasury 28,8 Extra funds from the Treasury 97,7 12% 39% 25% Petrol tax 61,8 Earmarked income total 49 % 0% Other 0,1 4% 20% Km tax 10,7 Diesel oil tax 50,3
Road budget, 4 years transport plan (price level 2008) including ca. 10 % PPP from 2009 Thousand millions ISK
Expenditures 2007 (211 million calculated from ISK Sept 2008) Operation 7,6 25% Maintenance 51,8 4% 71% Investment 151,3
Expenditures 2008 (255 million calculated from ISK Sept 2008) Operation 9,9 4% 22% Maintenance 55,8 PPP 11,7 5% 69% Investment 177,2
Traffic in Iceland 1975-2006 All roads (million driven km) 3500 3000 eknir milljón km 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
No of seriously injured per 100 thousand inhabitants in traffic in Iceland in 1975-2007 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
18 Number of killed per 100 thousand inhabitants in Iceland 1970-2007 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
45,0 40,0 35,0 30,0 25,0 20,0 15,0 10,0 5,0 0,0 Number of killed per million km driven in Iceland 1975-2007 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 1975 1977
USA 12,13 14,73 Number of killed per 100 thousand inhabitants (Average for the period 2000-2005, Iceland 2003 2007). 10,84 11,00 7,40 7,53 7,61 7,67 5,65 5,67 5,81 5,92 Netherlands Sweden Great Britain Norway Iceland Denmark Finland Germany New Zealand France Spain 16,00 14,00 12,00 10,00 8,00 6,00 4,00 2,00 0,00
Iceland and NRA Iceland vill be the leading country for the Nordic Road Association in the period 2008-2012 Iceland will during the same period represent the Nordic countries in the Executive Committee of PIARC Iceland will also at the same time be the first contact point towards BRA, The Baltic Road Association
Restructering of Iceland Transport Institutions Proposal from the Icelandic National Audit Office, June 2008 Present organization Ministry of Transport Icelandic Road Administration Road Traffic Directorate Icelandic Civil Aviation Admin. ISAVIA Ltd Icelandic Maritime Admin.
Restructering of Iceland Transport Institutions Proposal from the Icelandic National Audit Office, June 2008 Proposal of new organization Ministry of Transport Transport Administration Directorate Transport Management Administration State Transport Company
Restructering of Iceland Transport Institutions Proposal from the Icelandic National Audit Office, June 2008 Transport Administration Directorate Preparing laws and rules concerning transport and traffic safety Control Issuing permissions & licences Research in safety subjects Standardization
Restructering of Iceland Transport Institutions Proposal from the Icelandic National Audit Office, June 2008 Transport Management Administration Preparation of Transport plans - policy making - comparison of alternatives - prioritizing - pre-design - first cost-estimates Management of Transport Plans - design - tendering - contracts - construction supervision
Restructering of Iceland Transport Institutions Proposal from the Icelandic National Audit Office, June 2008 State Transport Company Ltd. Operation and maintainance of transport infrastructure and related systems and equipments
Restructering of Iceland Transport Institutions Proposal from the Icelandic National Audit Office, June 2008 Next steps The minister of Transport has not declaired if he supports these proposals More detailed background work must be performed before a final decision is made, to find out if these changes are really beneficial A decesion on go or not to go will probably be taken before the end of 2008 Reorganisation would probably take some years, but no time frame has been given