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Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen

30. März 2006

European Directive on Safety Requirements for Road Tunnels- Contents and National Implementation in Germany

Dr.-Ing. Frank Heimbecher

Section Tunnel Engineering and Tunnel OperationFederal Highway Research Institute of Germany

Göteborg, Lindholmen Science Park,Thursday 30th March 2006

Workshop 2006

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Number and tube length of main road tunnels in Germany


RABT 2003

Detailed specifications to: - lighting - ventilation - equipment concerning

traffic engineering - operation - Transport of dangerous

goods .....

Detailed specifications to: - lighting - ventilation - equipment concerning

traffic engineering - operation - Transport of dangerous

goods .....

Low flexibility "prescriptive" Low flexibility "prescriptive"


Equipment of road tunnels in Germany


Directive 2004/54/EC

Specifications to: - tunnel operation and safety

equipment - administrative / organised

specifications - appointments and periodic

exercises - reporting .....

Specifications to: - tunnel operation and safety

equipment - administrative / organised

specifications - appointments and periodic

exercises - reporting .....

High flexibility "performance based"

High flexibility "performance based"


Scope: Tunnel of the trans-European road network, (in operation, under construction, design),

lengths over 500 m

Stock: 14 tunnels with approx. 33 km of tube length

(stand: 2004)

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this

Directive by 30 April 2006.


• Explanatory memorandum

• Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council

• Annex I: Measures

• Annex II: Approval of the design, safety documentation, commissioning a tunnel, modifications and periodic exercises

• Annex III: Road signing for tunnels

Directive 2004/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on minimum requirements for

tunnels in the trans-European road network

Download: www.europa.eu.int


• From the European Directive no subjective rights can be derived. The implementation can therefore be carried out in the context of the existing legal norms (RABT, StVO, VwV-StVO) without parliament participation.

• Customization/addition passes at the legal norms StVO, VwV-StVO with regard to appendix III, : Tunnel sign E 11A, sign for lay-bys E 17A or E 17B. These signs have to be taken into the StVO, VwV-StVO.

Implementation of the European Directive essentially by extrapolation the RABT 2003


RABT 2003Directive2004/54/EC

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RABT 2006RABT 2006


• Adaption of the RABT with regard to risk analysis method,

• Adaption of the RABT with regard to the organs of the European-Directive,

• Adaption/customization of the RABT with regard to structural and operational measures,

• Adaption of the RABT with regard to the appendix II of the European-Directive (approval of the designs, safety documentation, commissioning of a tunnel, modifications and periodic exercises),

• Adaption of the RABT/StVO/VwV-StVO with regard to traffic legal regulations concerning traffic engineering,

• Supplementary regulations (ARS). The putting into action for all federal road tunnels with lengths over 400 m


Uniform design and marking of emergency exits

Flashing ligths

Top view – escape route marking

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Lane indicator system with self-illuminating guide markings


Article 1: Subject matter and scope

Article 2: Definitions

Article 3: Safety measures

Article 4: Administrative authority

Article 5: Tunnel manager

Article 6: Safety Officer

Article 7: Inspection entity

Article 8: Notification of the administrative authority

Article 9: Tunnels whose design has not yet been approved

Article 10: Tunnels whose design has been approved but which are not yet open

Article 11: Tunnels already in operation

Article 12: Periodic inspections

Article 13: Risk analysis

Article 14: Derogation for innovative techniques

Article 15: Reporting

Article 16: Adaptation to technical progress

Article 17: Committee procedure

Article 18: Transposition

Article 19: Entry into force

• Article 4: Administrative authority• Article 5: Tunnel manager• Article 6: Safety officer• Article 7: Inspection entity

• Artikel 13:Risk analysis


• on national, regional or local level;

• each tunnel falls under the responsibility of one AA;

• responsibility for ensuring that all aspects of the safety of a tunnel are respected;

• commissions a tunnel;

• has the power to restrict the operation of a tunnel;

• ensures that inspections, putting in place of organisational and operational schemes, training and equipping of emergency services are performed;

Administrative authority(Art. 4 EC-Directive No. 1.1.1 RABT 2006)


• is a public or private body responsible for the management of a tunnel;

• is identified by the Administrative Authority;

• compiles occurrence reports for any significant incident or accident in a tunnel;

• forwards investigation reports to the Safety officer, Administrative Authority and emergency services.

Tunnel manager*(Art. 5 EC-Directive No. 1.1.2 RABT 2006)

*) the Administrative Authority itself may perform this function


• is nominated by the Tunnel Manager for each tunnel;

• tasks of the Safety Officer:

– ensure co-ordination with emergency services;

– take part in the planning, implementation and evaluation of emergency operations;

– take part in the definition of safety schemes and the specification of structure, equipment and operation;

– verify that operational staff and emergency services are trained;

– verify that tunnel structure and equipment are maintained and repaired;

– take part in the evaluation of any significant incident or accident.

Safety officer(Art. 6 EC-Directive No. 1.1.3 RABT 2006)


• Member States shall ensure that inspections, evaluations and tests are carried out by Inspection Entities;

• the Administrative Authority may perform this function;

• the Inspection Entity must be functionally independent from the Tunnel Manager.

Inspection Entity*(Art. 7 EC-Directive No. 1.1.4 RABT 2006)

*) the Administrative Authority itself may perform this function


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A risk analysis is an analysis of risks for a given tunnel,

taking into account all design factors and traffic conditions

that affect safety, notably traffic characteristics and type,

tunnel length and tunnel geometry, as well as the forecast

number of heavy goods vehicles per day.

Risk analysis (definiton by EC-Directive)(Art. 13, EC-Directive No. 0.5, RABT 2006)


• Special characteristic of tunnels with length > 400 m (RABT, No. 0.5)

• Alternative of risk reduction measures in case of disproportionate cost(RABT, No. 0.5)

• Determination of the fire performance in case of a high percentage of heavy goods traffic(RABT, No. 4.3.2)

• Dimensioning of the ventilation system in bidirectional tunnels with a length from 600 m to 1200 m(RABT, No. 4.3.3)

• Specification or change of regulations and requirements for the transport of dangerous goods through road tunnels(RABT, No. 9)

Risk analysis according to RABT 2006


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tunnel length, number of tubes, number of lanes, cross-sectional geometry, vertical and horizontal alignment, type of construction, uni-directional or bi-directional

traffic, traffic volume per tube,

risk of congestion, access time for emergency

services, heavy goods vehicles, dangerous goods traffic, characteristics of the access roads Lane width, speed considerations, geographical and meteorological

environment

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Special characteristic of tunnels with length > 400 m(Annex I, EC-Directive – No. 0.4, RABT 2006)


Alternative of risk reduction measures in case of disproportionate cost(No. 0.5, RABT 2006)

Where structural requirements can only be satisfied through technical solutions which either cannot be achieved or can be achieved only at disproportionate cost, the administrative authority may accept the implementation of risk reduction measures as an alternative to application of those requirements, provided that the alternative measures will result in equivalent or improved protection. The efficiency of these measures shall be demonstrated through a risk analysis.

compensation

Construction requirements equipment(proof of equivalent safety level)


• Risk analysis are carried out by an institution which is function-relatedly independent of the tunnel manager.

• The member states take care that a methodology which is precise, defined and exactly corresponding to an optimal practice is used uniformly at a national level.

• Member states shall inform the Commission of the methodology applied.

• In Germany a standardised methodology for a probabilistic risk assessment is currently worked out.

• The methodology comprehends four types of scenarios: Break-downs, collisions, fires and accidents involving dangerous goods.

Risk analysis in Germany

Further procedure:

• PIARC C3.3 „Tunnel Operation“, WG2 „Safety Management for Tunnels“

• Research project BASt/ BMVBW „Assessment of the safety of road tunnels“


Solution Model 5Solution Model 5

B = 42,94 m

Project cost: 3.671 Mio. €

Length: 18.560 m


RABT 2006

Comparison and assessmentComparison and assessment


Cross section according to RABT with emergency lane (RQ 26T)

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necessary for tunnels with special characteristics

Risk analysis according to EC tunnel directiveRisk analysis according to EC tunnel directive


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