Road construction fee

The schedule for the road construction fee changes monthly with the construction index.

Road construction fee in Reykjavík

  Building cost index base from 2021
Building cost index for January 121.2
Building cost index for December '24 121.0
Monthly index change 0.17%
   
Price basis for road construction fee for January 2025 302,559 kr.
Road construction fee base for December '24 301,984 kr.
Monthly change 0.19%
   
General road construction fee
Single-family homes, with or without duplex facilities 45,384 kr./m2
Row houses, semi-detached houses, duplexes and chain houses 34,189 kr./m2
Multi-family housing 16,338 kr./m2
Other housing 28,441 kr./m2
   
Example  
Single-family home 220 m2 9,984,447 kr. per lot
Row/semi-detached house: 190 m2 6,495,942 kr. per home
Multi-family residence: 120 m2 1,960,582 kr. per home
This fee schedule is set according to the resolution on road construction fees in Reykjavík, No. 725/2007 with subsequent amendments, cf. Act No. 153/2006

 

Act on Road Construction Fees (IS)

A road construction fee is collected from all urban plots in Reykjavík City and/or structures on these plots. The fee is used for road construction and maintenance according to Act No 153/2006 on Road Construction Fees.

Resolution No 725/2007, as amended, applied to the road construction fee in Reykjavík. The amount of the road construction fee is updated monthly in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 6 of the Resolution.

The amount of the additional road construction fee is the same as the road construction fee.

Connection and sewerage fees

Sewerage, water, electricity and heating connection fees are collected by Veitur Utilities in accordance with their price list.