The tunnel test celebrates an anniversary this year: for the 10th time in succession since 1999 ADAC's experts have inspected European tubes. 31 tunnels in eleven European countries were on the agenda of this year's test programme. The inspectors came home with the worst result in five years, including two ratings of Poor and even seven ratings of Very poor. This means that every third tunnel failed to the make the grade. Ten tunnels will be pleased with their rating of Very good and five tunnels with their rating of Good. The seven tubes rated Acceptable, and which thus at least fulfil the minimum standards of the EU Directive on safety in road tunnels, are also on the right path.
The honour of being the anniversary winner goes to the around 1.3 kilometre long Pont Pla tunnel, opened in 2006, in Andorra la Vella, the capital city of the tiny state of Andorra in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France. A negative award goes to Italy with the 2.4 kilometre-long Cernebbio tunnel, opened in 1983, in the city of the same name at Lake Como; this is the fourth Italian tunnel in succession to come last in the test. However, it was in Norway that devastating results were recorded this year. All of the three tunnels tested there came last only just ahead of the last-placed Italian tunnel.
The tunnel test was carried out within the scope of the European EuroTAP project. EuroTAP is being supported this year by the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l´Automobile) Foundation and 19 European partner clubs.
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The tunnel test celebrates an anniversary this year: for the 10th time in succession since 1999 ADAC's experts have inspected European tubes. 31 tunnels in eleven European countries were on the agenda of this year's test programme. The inspectors came home with the worst result in five years, including two ratings of Poor and even seven ratings of Very poor. This means that every third tunnel failed to the make the grade. Ten tunnels will be pleased with their rating of Very good and five tunnels with their rating of Good. The seven tubes rated Acceptable, and which thus at least fulfil the minimum standards of the EU Directive on safety in road tunnels, are also on the right path.
