Table 9
Ex post versus ex ante length of life for engineering construction, 1985 to 2010
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| Expected length of life | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ex post | Ex ante | |
| years | ||
| Asset description and code | ||
| Highways, roads, streets, including: logging road, signs, guardrail, lighting, etc. (2202) | 22.1 | 28.7 |
| Rail track and roadbeds including: signals and interlockers (2204) | 39.9 | 26.5 |
| Telephone and cablevision lines, underground and marine cables (3002) | 19.4 | 16.2 |
| Communication towers, antennae, earth stations (3003) | 27.0 | 20.1 |
| Gas mains and services (3201) | 43.0 | 42.3 |
| Bulk storage (3204) | 24.9 | 26.4 |
| Mean, all assets | 29.4 | 25.3 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, authors' calculations based on data from the Capital and Repair Expenditures Survey. | ||
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