Saturday, April 28, 2007

Unsafe tunnels!

This is a bit disturbing given the number of tunnels around here. From www.wrgfm.com/news/2555...

Only four out of seven tunnels that were checked in Switzerland are deemed safe, and one of them is below European Union standards. That’s according to tests carried out by the Swiss Motoring Organisation, TCS. One of the most worrying finds was that the five kilometre long Grand Saint Bernard Tunnel, between Switzerland and Italy, has no emergency exits. The Montchenin tunnel, in the canton of Valais, was found to have no traffic-monitoring equipment. Its ventilation was also a problem. However, the Mosi tunnel, in the canton of Schwytz, was the worst offender, not meeting EU standards, again with no emergency exits and unsatisfactory ventilation. Tunnel safety came under close scrutiny after a fire in the Gotthard tunnel, in 2001, in which eleven people died. More than 100 million francs was subsequently spent on improving safety.

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