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ECOROADS Project Guidelines for submitting a candidature for test sites Table of contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Template of the candidature package ....................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Name of the test site ......................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Relevance of the test site .................................................................................................................. 2 2.3 Location (country, town) ................................................................................................................... 3 2.4 Lay out ............................................................................................................................................... 4 2.5 General Description ........................................................................................................................... 5 2.6 Location ............................................................................................................................................. 7 2.7 Organisation of the transport to the site. ......................................................................................... 8 2.8 Safety measures ................................................................................................................................ 8 2.9 Period(s) in which the site will be available for the inspection ......................................................... 9 2.10 Letter of commitment (compulsory) ................................................................................................. 9 3 Ranking criteria ........................................................................................................................................ 12 1 Introduction This guide is intended for those that would like to submit a test site candidature for joint safety operations within the ECOROADS project. The objective of the ECOROADS project is the establishment of a common enhanced approach to road infrastructure and tunnel safety management by organising: - Workshops with the stakeholders (tunnels and road managers), which will include the analysis/review of national practices regarding RSI/RSA, starting from the results of the two studies launched by DG MOVE to assess the impact of the two Directives. The first workshop will be held at the beginning of the project, in order to check their needs and expectations; the second one after the first set of the “field operations” to check the first results and fine tune the second set of operations. A final workshop will analyse the overall results and issue the guidelines. - Exchange of best practices and experiences between European tunnel experts and road safety professionals. - Pilot joint safety operations in some European road sections having both open roads and tunnels. Tunnel operations will be conducted by tunnel experts accompanied by road safety experts (as observers) and vice-versa. The team conducting the operation will explain the concepts of the survey to the observers and the final report will include an appendix with their comments. In this 1 way, an actual cross-fertilisation between the two groups of experts will lead to an enhanced approach to road infrastructure safety management. For the joint safety operations, the plan is to conduct inspection and/or audit1 on 5 test sites (a road stretch including a minimum 500 m tunnel section). In the first months of the project the actual candidatures of the sites will be finalized and the definitive decision will be taken during the first workshop scheduled in September 2015. In order to speed up the process these guidelines show how to propose a test site and how each proposal will be ranked. Project partners may propose one or more test sites, both for inspection or audit, considering that there will be very few audits (in comparison to inspections); such proposals may be submitted also for sites not included in the initial list complied during preparation of the ECOROADS proposal. External candidatures, proposed by organisations not directly involved in ECOROADS, are also eligible. Even though the ECOROADS project plans to conduct safety operations on 5 test sites, this number could be increased depending on the availability of budget. The final ranking of the tests sites will be done by an internal committee composed by one representative of each of the six main partners. Kindly complete the template below with information about the proposed test site. Instructions are given as “comments”. Please note that some information (and pictures) is provided as examples only. 2 The candidature 2.1 Tunnel Strazevica Tunnel is proposed for Road Safety Inspection and Road Safety Audit. At the moment, tunnel manager is the Public Enterprise “Roads of Serbia”. Right tunnel tube is made and opened for traffic. The traffic in the existing state takes place as a two-way (one lane in each direction). This mode of transport will be in operation until the completion of the second tunnel tube, when the two tubes of the tunnel to be dedicated to one direction. As the tunnel is operational, this tube is proposed for Road Safety Inspection. Work on the construction of the left tunnel tubes are partially derived (about 115 m). This tube is proposed for Road Safety Audit for Phase 2: Detailed Stage. 2.2 Relevance of the test site Belgrade Bypass is planned as a road motorway and is part of Corridor 10. This section has been designed with two separate carriageways, each width at 11.50 m. 1 In the following chapters, the term “inspection” refers to a safety evaluation carried out along an existing road/tunnel (i.e. already in operation for several years). The term “audit” refers to a safety evaluation carried out at design stage (different stages are possible: from draft design to early operation). 2 The present road is certainly one of the most important sections of the Corridor 10. Such status can be explained by the fact that it shares with overlapping of two international roads E70 and E75. Consequently, traffic has international transit character to Budapest in the north, to the west of Zagreb, as well as to Sofia and Thessaloniki in the south. Also, on this section of the future highway, as it is currently in operation only one lane for both directions of driving, there is a significant domestic traffic transit and source-target character. For traffic was opened right tunnel tube in the direction of increase chainage, resp. in the direction of vehicle movement north-south. The length of this tunnel is 745 m. The tunnel is designed as part of future highway and intended for one direction of travel, with two traffic lanes and 2 x 3.75 m and an emergency lane width of 3.0 m. Since this transitional phase takes place two-way traffic, lanes on the entire section of the access road to the tunnel in both directions, as well as on the section of the tunnel tube, was marked by pavement markings as follows: formed a symmetrical cross section, with one lane width of 3,50 m for each direction of travel, as well as one emergency lane for each direction of travel. Speed traffic flow is limited to 100 km / h. Belgrade bypass is section of strategic importance. Upon completion of works in the full profile of the motorway, it will provide the conditions for the development of transit traffic without compromising traffic flows within the road network of the city of Belgrade. Also, it is important to note that on this road under such conditions can expect a significant increase in the level of traffic safety. In this context, only good design solution for the two tubes of the tunnel Strazevica can provide installation of all modern subsystems within the main traffic management systems in the concerned section. 2.3 Location (Serbia, Belgrade) 3 2.4 Lay out - tunnel length, 745 m - number of tubes, 2 tubes, 1 under traffic, 1 in the works - number of lanes, 2 traffic lanes into each tube - longitudinal profile, 0.27 – 0.40 % - bi-directional traffic - traffic volume per tube, about 14500 vehicles - presence and percentage of heavy goods vehicles, 22 % - lane width, 3.50 m per lane in this phase - speed considerations, 100 km/h out of tunnel, 80 km/h in tunnel - elevation is about 130 – 170 meters above sea level - continental climate 4 2.5 General Description Belgrade Bypass is part of the highway A1 and extends from multilevel intersection Batajnica, through Dobanovci near Belgrade node (intersection of two highway route E70 and E75), then through the intersection Ostruznica, Orlovaca crossroads, crossroads Avala and finally to node Bubanj Potok. The present tunnel Ostruznica is located within the sector 5, between the intersections Orlovaca and Avala. The bypass has a full profile of one part of the highway between Batajnica and Dobanovci. Other sectors are built with one lane, which takes place two-way traffic. This section is marked with pavement markings as symmetrical profile, with bands of 2 x 3.50 m hard shoulders which are smaller than the dimensions set out in the regulations. The speed is limited to 100 km / h, with the exception of the present tunnel Strazevica where is speed limit - 80 km / h. Since the vertical alignment of this section primarily built as a stretched route in flat terrain, except for