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Road Tunnels

Our tunnels projects improve the design, management and safety of road tunnels.

Latest publications and webinars

Webinar: Methodology for Comparing Dangerous Goods Risk in Road Tunnels to Those on Alternative Routes
Webinar: Methodology for Comparing Dangerous Goods Risk in Road Tunnels to Those on Alternative Routes
  • WEB-R703-24
  • 26 March 2024
  • Webinars
This webinar presents the work involved in developing a standardised comparative risk assessment method for assessing life safety risk of dangerous goods being routed through the tunnel or via an alternative surface route.
Methodology for Comparing Dangerous Goods Risks in Road Tunnels to Those on Alternative Routes: Best Practice Review
Methodology for Comparing Dangerous Goods Risks in Road Tunnels to Those on Alternative Routes: Best Practice Review
  • AP-R703-24
  • 24 January 2024
  • Research Reports
This report is one of the three reports produced as part of a project undertaken to establish a comparative risk assessment method for assessing whether a tunnel route is safer than a surface route for the road transit of dangerous goods (DG)…
Methodology for Comparing Dangerous Goods Risks in Road Tunnels to Those on Alternative Routes: Case Study Using DG-QRAM in the Australasian Context
Methodology for Comparing Dangerous Goods Risks in Road Tunnels to Those on Alternative Routes: Case Study Using DG-QRAM in the Australasian Context
  • AP-R705-24
  • 24 January 2024
  • Research Reports
This report is one of the three reports produced as part of a project undertaken to establish a comparative risk assessment method for assessing whether a tunnel route is safer than a surface route for the road transit of dangerous goods (DG)…
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Road Tunnels Task Force and projects

Austroads' Road Tunnels Task Force and their projects.

Guide to Road Tunnels

Guide to Road Tunnels provides high level guidance on the planning, design, operation and maintenance of new road tunnels in Australia and New Zealand.

Road tunnel projects

Our schedule of projects continually evolves meet tour members' needs. Current projects include:

ART6011
Use of a driving simulator as a safety-assured method of assessing and approving alternative in-tunnel aesthetic solutions
ART6122
Dangerous Goods in Tunnels – Stage 2 – Towards Implementation of Risk Assessment Process
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Latest News
24 Jan 2024
New approach to assessing the risk of transporting dangerous goods in road tunnels

Austroads has proposed a new approach for assessing whether the risk resulting from the transit of dangerous goods is lower on a tunnel route or lower on an alternative surface route.
30 Nov 2023
Virtual reality testing demonstrates positive impacts of road tunnel aesthetic features on driving behaviour

Austroads has published the findings of two studies that investigated driver behaviour and the impact of the aesthetic tunnel treatments as participants drove through a simulated version of Sydney’s NorthConnex (NCX) tunnel.
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