SECURE ACCESS FOR STAFF WITH

NEDAP AND SELESTA

Being one of Europe’s standout , offering staff highly secure access to restricted areas of the Mont Blanc Tunnel was a main requirement. To provide drivers with secure yet convenient access, Nedap’s TRANSIT solution was implemented. The system was integrated by Selesta Ingegneria S.p.A.

The Mont Blanc is one of Europe's most used tunnels. The Driver based vehicle identification road tunnel of 11.6 km-long stretches between the To make sure only valid combinations of drivers and vehicles Valley in and the in . The passageway get access to the restricted zones at the tunnel, Nedap’s Prox is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes. In particular Booster is used. This in-vehicle transponder contains a for Italy, which transports one-third of its freight to Northern- vehicle identification number that is combined with Europe via this tunnel. It reduces the route from France to identification of the driver’s personal identification card. by 50 km and to by 100 km. Thanks to this patented solution, vehicles can never get Automatic staff access access to a secured area unless occupied by an authorized The authorities responsible for the Mont Blanc Tunnel were in driver. It is therefore used to enable secure, fast and need of a solution that could grant all authorized staff and convenient vehicle access in high secured areas and in their vehicles secure access to restricted areas of the tunnel. flexible vehicle and driver situations. An important requirement for the access control system, beside the fact that it had to be highly secure, was that it had to be convenient for staff, without the need to stop at the toll gates.

At both the Italian and French side of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, Nedap’s TRANSIT readers were installed. This long-range reader identifies vehicles and its drivers up to 10 meters. Even in the most challenging circumstances, such as the rugged environment at a road tunnel, TRANSIT offers highly reliable access to authorized staff and vehicles only.

This Nedap solution was integrated by Selesta Ingegneria S.p.A. This Italian company develops and supplies time and attendance, access control, and physical security solutions primarily in Italy and France.