Roads cost doubles in two years

THE cost of putting down a kilometre of road has doubled from €5 million to €10 million in just over two years.

The cost of buying land for building roads has also doubled during that time, rising to an average of €80,000 per acre, according to the National Roads Authority.

But the massive escalation in the cost of the new roads programme from €6 billion to €14 billion was blamed by the NRA on the dramatic rise in inflation in the construction industry.