Dr. Hreinn Haraldsson Director General Icelandic Road Administration Icelandic Country Report and ideas of Transport Administration Restructuring Dr. Hreinn Haraldsson Director General Icelandic Road Administration

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365 Lyngdalsheiðarvegur

41 Reykjanesbraut

Number of employees 1983-2007

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 Revised every 4th year 12 year transportation plan Revised every 4th year. We have now started to prepare strategy for 2019-2022 4 year transportation plan 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

Extra funds for tunnels from Sources of income 2007 (204 million €) Extra funds from the Treasury 43,6 € Extra funds for tunnels from the Treasury 19,7 € Diesel oil tax 55,3 € Petrol tax 74,0 € Km tax 11,2 € Other 0,1 € Earmarked income total 69 %

Extra funds for tunnels from Sources of income 2008 (249 million €) Extra funds from the Treasury 97,7 € Extra funds for tunnels from the Treasury 28,8 € Petrol tax 61,8 € Diesel oil tax 50,3 € Km tax 10,7 € Other 0,1 € Earmarked income total 49 %

Road budget, 4 years transport plan (price level 2008) – including ca 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) Maintenance 51,8 € Operation 7,6 € Investment 151,3 €

Expenditures 2008 (255 million € calculated from ISK Sept 2008) Maintenance 55,8 € Operation 9,9 € PPP 11,7 € Investment 177,2 €

Traffic in Iceland 1975-2006 All roads (million driven km)

No of seriously injured per 100 thousand inhabitants in traffic in Iceland in 1975-2007

Number of killed per 100 thousand inhabitants in Iceland 1970-2007

Number of killed per 100 thousand inhabitants (Average for the period 2000-2005, Iceland 2003 – 2007).

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

Restructering of Iceland Transport Institutions Proposal from the Icelandic National Audit Office, June 2008 Proposal of new organization

Restructering of Iceland Transport Institutions Proposal from the Icelandic National Audit Office, June 2008 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 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 Operation and maintainance of transport infrastructure and related systems and equipments

Next steps 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