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Guide to Road Tunnels Part 3: Operations and Maintenance
  • Publication no: AGRT03-24
  • ISBN: 978-1-922700-44-5
  • Published: 23 September 2024
  • Edition: 3.0

Guide to Road Tunnels Part 3 provides guidance on the management of the operation and maintenance aspects of road tunnels, including the factors to be considered in setting appropriate performance standards. Guidance is provided on stakeholder engagement relevant to the operation and maintenance of the tunnel, including the establishment of protocols required to ensure effective coordination, inspection and reporting, risk analysis, organisational framework, traffic management, incident management, maintenance requirements, asset management, human factors, training and environment.

The update to Edition 3.0 of this Guide is detailed in the report Sustainability in Road Tunnels: Updating the Guide to Road Tunnels.

  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1 Purpose
    • 1.2 Scope of Part 3
    • 1.3 Definitions
      • 1.3.1 Operation
      • 1.3.2 Maintenance
      • 1.3.3 Sustainability
  • 2. General Requirements
    • 2.1 Providing a Safety System and Safe System requirements
    • 2.2 Providing for sustainability
    • 2.3 Critical infrastructure protection
    • 2.4 Tunnel inspections and reporting
      • 2.4.1 Introduction
      • 2.4.2 Scope of inspections
      • 2.4.3 Categories of inspection
      • 2.4.4 Reporting
    • 2.5 Risk analysis
    • 2.6 General operation and maintenance requirements
      • 2.6.1 Overview
      • 2.6.2 Resource allocation
      • 2.6.3 Organisational framework
      • 2.6.4 Facilities, systems and equipment
      • 2.6.5 Ongoing coordination
      • 2.6.6 An integrated approach to tunnel safety
  • 3. Operational Requirements
    • 3.1 Objectives
    • 3.2 Methodology
    • 3.3 Traffic management
    • 3.4 Incident management
      • 3.4.1 General
      • 3.4.2 Incident management plans
      • 3.4.4 Incident records and reports
      • 3.4.5 Post-incident recovery
      • 3.4.6 Post-incident analysis
    • 3.5 Performance
  • 4. Maintenance Requirements
    • 4.1 Objectives
    • 4.2 Methodology
    • 4.3 Asset management system
    • 4.4 Maintenance manual
    • 4.5 Scheduling
    • 4.6 Standards
  • 5. Human Factors
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Behaviour – drivers and personnel
      • 5.2.1 Normal conditions – drivers
      • 5.2.2 Abnormal conditions
    • 5.3 Influencing driver behaviour
      • 5.3.1 Driver awareness education
      • 5.3.2 Enforcement
      • 5.3.3 Communication during incidents
      • 5.3.4 Evacuation behaviour
  • 6. Training
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Operating staff
    • 6.3 Maintenance personnel
    • 6.4 Tunnel users
  • 7. Environmental Considerations
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 Environmental management plan
    • 7.3 Examples of environmental solutions for tunnel operation and maintenance
  • References
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