Amendment of the Road Tunnel Safety Regulations 2007
This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum
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.”.