Safety features
Our tunnels are equipped with world-class safety features, including:
- automatic incident detection cameras
- advanced fire safety systems, including heat detection, fire sprinklers, hydrants, extinguishers and hose reels
- emergency phones that connect you with Tunnel Control Centre staff
- smoke management systems
- a public address and radio system that automatically connects to your vehicle radio
- cross passages that act as emergency exits for quick evacuation if necessary
- variable speed and message signs to direct motorists if there is an incident
- strobe lights to guide you towards emergency exits
- 24 hr staffed control rooms
Check the electronic message boards for up-to-the-minute safety information. Urgent warnings will be broadcast through the public address system and your car radio if you have it turned on.
