The Road Tunnel Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Road Tunnel Safety Regulations 2007

6.  For regulation 3 (application of the Regulations), substitute—

“Application of the Regulations

3.— (1)  These Regulations apply in relation to—

(a) the following road tunnels—

(i) A282 Dartford Tunnel, Essex and Kent;

(ii) A1(M) Hatfield Tunnel, Hertfordshire;

(iii) M25 Bell Common Tunnel, Essex;

(iv) M25 Holmesdale Tunnel, Hertfordshire;

(v) A299 Ramsgate Tunnel, Kent;

(vi) A55 Conwy Tunnel, Conwy;

(vii) A55 Pen-y-Clip Tunnel, Conwy;

(viii) A55 Penmaenbach Tunnel, Conwy; and

(b) any proposed road tunnel in the United Kingdom that immediately before IP completion day—

(i) formed part of the trans-European road network;

(ii) was at the construction stage or the design stage; and

(iii) would be over 500 metres in length.

(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), a road tunnel would be over 500 metres in length if the longest traffic lane on the fully enclosed part of that tunnel would be over 500 metres in length.”.