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“The worst I’ve ever seen.”
Dr Dieter tetzner, DMt tunnel expert,
after the test of Segesta tunnel
No ventilation, no emergency phones, no video
surveillance. With such abysmal safety features the
40-year-old Paci 2 tunnel in southern italy scored
almost zero points and came last in the eurotaP
2007 test. Proof that the days of tunnels being
empty black holes has not yet come to an end.
“We know how bad we are.”
Mauro antonio, surveyor, Segesta tunnel,
tested “very poor” in 2006
the history of european tunnel testing already began
back in 1999 when aDaC was able to present to the
press the latest test results from all of europe just
two days after the inferno in tauern tunnel, which
included the tube in which the disaster had occurred.
the success in the media was outstanding because
the aDaC inspectors were the only neutral experts
to have inspected tauern tunnel just a short time
before the accident.
Henceforth, tests were conducted annually and by
2004, a total of 150 tunnels had been tested. the
results were published in the form of ratings. this
transparency triggered something completely
unknown in the field of european infrastructures:
competition among road tunnels whose safety
standards were suddenly visible and comparable
for all.