VIDEO: tunnel safety systems & real car fire

VIDEO

We close the EastLink tunnels four times a year to conduct testing and maintenance of essential safety systems.

Included below is a 7News report about the tunnel maintenance closure overnight Saturday 22 February 2020, as well as EastLink CCTV footage of EastLink's safety systems responding to a real car fire in July 2018.

The EastLink tunnels include the following safety systems that need to be tested and maintained:

• Fire detection system
• Fire suppression deluge system - 170 litres/second high pressure water
• Tunnel ventilation system
• 1200 tunnel lights - including emergency lighting
• 85 CCTV cameras with automatic incident detection system
• 145 digital signs of various types to communicate with motorists
• Public address system with 126 loudspeakers
• Radio rebroadcast system to relay messages to car radios
• 56 help phones for use by motorists
• 58 fire cabinets for use by fire service personnel
• Overheight vehicle detectors and automatic boom gates

In an emergency, phone the emergency services on 000.

If you see a hazard on EastLink you can report it by phoning (03) 9955 1550 - that's the number shown on the road signs along EastLink, and it's only for reporting hazards. (Remember, never touch your phone while driving.)