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In 2023, the civil engineering activity that generated the highest net turnover in the Netherlands was the construction of roads and motorways, with a total net turnover of over billion euros. This was followed by the construction of utilities for electricity and telecommunication, which had a net turnover of **** billion euros, and the construction of water projects with a net turnover of *** million euros.

What is the level of funding for road infrastructure?

The total length of motorways in the Netherlands has not increased significantly in the past years. However, that only constituted a small share of the country’s road network. Apart from motorways, there are also national, regional, and other roads, such as the ones inside towns and cities. In fact, the public expenditure on the primary road network was expected to amount to **** billion euros in 2026. Although those investment levels are forecast to decrease in the next years, they will remain at several billion euros annually.

High-quality railway network

The Netherlands had over ****Ìý²ú¾±±ô±ô¾±´Ç²ÔÌýpassenger-kilometers of rail transport in 2023. That figure refers to the number of kilometers that all the users of the railway system traveled that year. Meanwhile, Dutch passengers traveled even more miles using the train in 2018 and 2019. Considering that the Netherlands is relatively small in terms of land area and population, that means that the railway infrastructure was very widely used.